Tessier Winery
Berkeley, California
Tessier Winery was founded in 2009 and focuses on small, hand-crafted lots of natural wines. In the cellar, we practice native fermentations and minimal intervention to allow each vineyard to speak for itself. We have selectively chosen organically farmed family owned and operated vineyards that are in local regions that we feel best express the varietals we love and are inspired by.
Kristie Tacey, Winemaker and Founder of Tessier Winery, is a scientist turned winemaker. A former published research scientist who studied protein pathways, she moved to the San Francisco Bay Area from her native Michigan to pursue a career in biotechnology, which included working on the Human Genome Project. Kristie eventually came to realize that winemaking was her true calling.
Tessier Winery is proud to source grapes from unique sites throughout Northern California farmed by these great stewards of the land. The fruit we source is always organically farmed, hand picked and hand sorted.
These vineyards are icons in the industry with high viticultural standards.
