SIMI, Buena Vista, Clos du Bois and many more have relied on Nick Goldschmidt’s expertise for many years. We have the great pleasure of being able to learn from Nick about his wines with Goldschmidt Vineyards.
Nick will be coming to do a seminar style wine tasting with us going through eight of his wines. Tickets will open and the full wine list will be released shortly. With a focus on the wines, we will be serving individual charcuterie trays for attendees.
If you have loved the Goldschmidt wines in the past (Katherine Cabernet, Hilary Cabernet, Fidelity Zinfandel and Red Blend) this is a special opportunity to meet a legend in the wine business and the person who has made the wine you love.
Wines we will taste as the event:
Forefather’s Sauvignon Blanc (Marlborough, NZ) 2024
Katherine Goldschmidt Stonemason Hill Cabernet Sauvignon (Alexander Valley, CA) 2023
Chelsea Goldschmidt Merlot, Guidestone Rise-(Alexander Valley, CA) 2022
Hilary Goldschmidt Cabernet Sauvignon-Oakville (Napa Valley, CA) 2022
Yardstick Cabernet Sauvignon, Ruth's Reach (Napa Valley, CA) 2021
Singing Tree Chardonnay (Russian River Valley, CA) 2022
Singing Tree Reserve Chardonnay Dutton Ranch (Russian River Valley, CA) 2021
Forefathers Cabernet Sauvignon, Lone Tree Vineyard (Alexander Valley, CA) 2019
Goldschmidt Vineyards Yeoman Cabernet Sauvignon (Alexander Valley, CA) 2018
Goldschmidt Vineyards Game Ranch PLUS Cabernet Sauvignon-Oakville (Napa Valley, CA) 2021
From the Goldschmidt Website About Nick
Born and educated in New Zealand, Nick Goldschmidt’s career began in 1982 with a research position at the New Zealand Lincoln University where he graduated with Distinction in Horticulture. Nick went on to specialize in viticulture studies at Wagga Wagga, and oenology at the highly acclaimed Roseworthy program, at Adelaide University in South Australia. During his time as a student Nick worked at noted wineries such as Kumeu River, Coopers Creek and Babich. In 1989, after 18 months of winemaking in Australia, New Zealand, California, and South America; including his first harvest in Chile as winemaker for Calitera, Nick returned to California with an amazing range of winemaking experiences.
In 1990, Nick and his wife Yolyn settled down in Healdsburg, California, as Simi’s Associate Winemaker. Nick was promoted to Chief Winemaker 1991 and became Vice President and Chief Winemaker in 1996. Nick spent a total of 13 years at Simi and was one of the driving forces that brought the Simi Reserve Cabernet program to notoriety. In May of 2003 Nick accepted the position of Executive Vice President and Winemaker at Allied Domecq Wines USA. During recent acquisitions Nick has been named Vice President and Executive Domestic Winemaker for Beam Estates wine portfolio.
As winemaker for Beam estates, Nick oversees the production of Clos Du Bois, Buena Vista, Haywood, Garcia, Atlas Peak, William Hill, Gary Farrell and Jakes Fault. In the global arena his work takes him to Mexico, Spain, Argentina and New Zealand where he is involved with blends being imported into the domestic market as well as several domestic brands that are being exported into other global markets.
In 1998 Nick and Yolyn Goldschmidt, established their own line of wines with the release of Goldschmidt Vineyards . The goal of the company was to produce two distinct brands of fine wines, Forefathers and Goldschmidt Vineyards ; with the idea of focusing on site specific winemaking from great vineyard sites from around the world. Having produced so many world class wines from around the globe, Nick knew exactly which vineyard sites he would choose to make his wines from.
Under the Forefathers brand Nick and Yolyn produce a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc, an Australian Shiraz, and a California Cabernet Sauvignon. For the Goldschmidt Vineyard brand they have created two distinct Cabernet Sauvignons, one from Alexander Valley in Sonoma and the other from Oakville in Napa Valley. The wines Nick and Yolyn Goldschmidt produce are all single vineyard, 100% varietal, handcrafted, small production artisan wines.
