Pigs & Pinot Talent


Taste, Tournament of the Pig, and Gala at Dry Creek Kitchen Guest Chefs

Nancy
Oakes

Chef/Owner
Boulevard Restaurant

Dean
Fearing

Chef/Owner
Fearing’s Restaurant

Neal
Fraser

Chef/Owner
Redbird and Vibiana

Ryan
Urig

Executive Chef
Grand Wailea,
A Waldorf Astoria Resort
Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa


Bryan
Voltaggio

Chef/Owner
Thacher & Rye

Taste and Gala at Dry Creek Kitchen Guest Wineries

Matt
Duffy

Owner & Winemaker
Vaughn Duffy Wines

Jeff
Mangahas

VP, Director of Winemaking
Williams Seylem

Ben
Papapietro

Co-Owner/Executive Winemaker
Papapietro Perry

Gary
Pisoni

Owner
Pisoni Family Vineyards


Luisa
Ponzi

Director of Winemaking & Viticulture
Ponzi Vineyards

Taste and Gala at The Matheson Guest Chefs

Dustin
Valette

Chef/Owner
The Matheson

David
Nayfeld

Executive Chef/Co-Owner
Che Fico

Mark
Stark

Executive Chef/Owner
Stark Reality Restaurants

John
Stewart
Duskie
Estes

Chefs/Owners
Black Pig Meat Co.

Taste and Gala at The Matheson Guest Wineries

Tony
Lombardi

Founder/Proprietor
Lombardi Wines

Tom
Pierson

Assistant Winemaker
Bricoleur Vineyards

Jeff
Stewart

General Manager and Winemaker
Hartford Family Winery

Mike
Sullivan

Winemaker and Co-Owner
Benovia Winery

Hawaii Comes to Healdsburg | BRE Hotels & Resorts

Mauricio
Ortiz

Chef de Cuisine
Alaia, Turtle Bay Resort Oahu

George
Vanyi

Executive Chef
Banyan Tree, The Ritz-Carlton Maui

Pigs & Pinot Wine Director and Dry Creek Kitchen Gala Host

Bob
Cabral

Winemaker
Bob Cabral Wines

Pigs & Pinot Wine Coordinator and The Matheson Gala Emcee

Spreti Valente

Certified Sommelier and Professional Wine Judge

Pinot Cup Judges

Virginie
Boone

Wine Writer and Reviewer

Meridith
May

Publisher and Editor-in-Chief
The Tasting Panel & The Somm Journal

Keith
Goldston

Master Sommelier

Taste of Pigs & Pinot Restaurants


Taste of Pigs & Pinot Wineries


Tournament of the Pig

Emcee

Mario
Cantone

Actor and Comedian

Host
 

Dustin
Valette

Chef/Owner
The Matheson
Resident Butcher

Scott
Romano

Executive Chef
1932 Reserve, Lake of the Ozarks

Tournament Winery

Matt
Michael

Winemaker
Baldassari Wines

Ultimate Pinot Smackdown Master Sommeliers

Keith
Goldston

Michael
Jordan


Andrea
Robinson

David
Yoshida


Ultimate Pinot Smackdown Wineries