Donkey and Goat Winery

Specialties

Donkey & Goat Winery is owned and operated by Jared & Tracey Brandt in Berkeley, California. We make «natural wines» which is a term that covers both the vineyard and the cellar. That is what distinguishes natural wine– the extension of natural farming philosophies that drive the practices for sustainable, organic & biodynamic farming into the cellar. Internationally recognized, Donkey and Goat Wines have been awarded numerous high scores and placed in the top 10 list of wines from around the world.

Linda Vista Chardonnay 2014 — 93 points and include in best of the year — WE

Sluice Box 2014 — Best of the Rhone WT

History

Established in 2001.

In late 2001, as the technology bubble was bursting and our «day jobs» were looking less secure we decided to take the plunge and follow our dream of learning how to make wine. Instead of going to UC Davis to learn the science of winemaking we headed to France to train under Éric Texier, an up and coming Rhôné winemaker who taught us the art and craft of making wines that speak to the soul about the earth from which they originate.

Jared has enough chemistry knowledge to be considered «dangerous» and we believed that picking up a few classes at Davis would suffice for filling in the gaps. No classroom could adequately teach the craft…