Portrait of Sean O’Keefe
i. Biography
Sean O’Keefe is the winemaker at Mari Vineyards on Michigan’s Old Mission Peninsula near Traverse City, where he focuses on Riesling and Italian varieties. He came from a Michigan winemaking family and developed his Riesling expertise through training in Germany before joining Mari in 2009, initially as a consultant involved in hiring a winemaker and later becoming the winery’s winemaker. He is a second-generation winemaker and the person behind Mari’s estate-grown wines and cellar program.
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