Our company began 12 years ago with Jenny and François’s dream to share their passion of a style of wines they fell in love with while living in France. That passion has spread gradually over the years with thanks in no small part to other importers like Joe Dressner, and today there are a whole host of natural wine lovers: customers, sommeliers, wine store owners, and an ever-growing list of importers, who love these wines as much as we do. With all the attention Natural Wines are getting in the media lately, we thought it would be fun to do a series where people talk about all the things they love about these wines.
Donkey and Goat began making wine in 2002. Jared, and his wife Tracy spent a year interning in France with the great winemaker Eric Texier. Since then they have been one of the leaders in the California natural wine movement. You can read their manifesto here. On our recent trip to California, we knew we just had to get some of Jared’s thoughts down on film: