Ramey

Als David Ramey 1996 gemeinsam mit seiner Frau Carla von Christian Moueix während seiner Zeit bei Dominus die Chance bekam, etwas Chardonnay selbst auszubauen, hatte er bereits einen Master of Science in Oenologie in der Tasche und auf Weingütern wie Chateau Petrus, Simi Winery, Matanzas Creek und Chalk Hill Estate Erfahrungen gesammelt.

Bald darauf begann er Trauben zuzukaufen, aber erst seit 2012 ist er im Besitz seines ersten eigenen Weinbergs.

Für seine wegweisende Arbeit in Sonoma County, ist er im Januar 2022 als erster mit dem Sonoma County Vintners’s lifetime achievement award ausgezeichnet worden: „David Ramey, owner and winemaker at Ramey Wine Cellars in Healdsburg, has been selected by Sonoma County Vintners to receive its first lifetime achievement award. „We wanted to honor an individual who has made a significant impact in our wine community, pioneered new techniques with groundbreaking work, elevated Sonoma County and put Sonoma County wines on the world stage,“ said Sonoma County Vintners Executive Director Michael Haney. „David Ramey is the perfect person to be our first ever Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. We appreciate his commitment to the Sonoma County wine region and our local community.““

- VINOUS, Antonio Galloni: „In my mind, Ramey is one of the top wineries in the United States.“

- DECANTER, Stephen Brook: „David Ramey is one of California’s best and most respected winemakers.“

- Rober Parkers WINE ADVOCATE: "David Ramey, who is one of the veterans of high-quality winemaking on California’s North Coast, worked in France and at some of the top Napa wineries (Rudd and Dominus) before settling in Healdsburg in Sonoma Valley. He continues to make Chardonnay in a Burgundian style with full malolactic fermentation, and now produces four single-vineyard Chardonnays as well as two generic efforts from the Russian River and Sonoma Coast."