T. Berkley Wines 'Norgard Farms' Chenin Blanc

Chenin Blanc

Mendocino County, California

Taylor Berkley Boydstun is a winemaker based in Calistoga, making Loire Valley inspired wines from multiple vineyard sites. It was his travels studying abroad that led him to his love for wine. While in AmeriCorps, he found himself in California when he enjoyed a Cabernet Franc that changed his career path. Since that first taste of the craft, he has sought to learn from and work for the best in the business. Starting with a viticultural apprenticeship in the rural hinterlands of Central Otago to working with big winemaking names in Northern California, Australia, and Austria, Boydstun has been fortunate to study under a number of exceptional and influential winemakers and viticulturists around the world, distilling the lessons he's learned from them about sustainable viticulture and minimal intervention winemaking into a craft of his own. He started T.Berkley wines in 2016.