Pioneers of natural wine, offering orange, pét-nat, and chillable reds























"I also learned she worked the tasting room at Berkeley’s pioneering Donkey & Goat Winery, where she developed an appreciation for California natural wine that influenced her later programs." - The MICHELIN Guide

"After moving back to California, Walsh interned at Berkeley’s Donkey & Goat to learn hands-on natural winemaking; that ethos of low-intervention, craft-focused wine was instilled in him there, and Tracey Rogers Brandt recalls him as eager and insightful, ready to work with foothills grapes and establish his own vineyard." - Dianne de Guzman

"Eating vegan Palestinian food between the casks in the palpably cool Vinca Minor in Berkeley is an enthralling experience." - Paolo Bicchieri

"I also opened Donkey & Goat's The Gadabout, a barely effervescent, modern nod-and-wink to classic California Chardonnay." - Hunter Lewis

"I highlight that the conference will conclude panels with a "wine hour" featuring an impressive lineup of wines from local, female winemakers, including Donkey and Goat." - Ellen Fort