Description
Dawnine Dyer is the co-owner and winemaker for Dyer winery in the Diamond Mountain district of Napa Valley. Dyer was born in 1950 and raised in California’s Central Valley. After graduating from the University of California Santa Cruz she made her way into the California wine industry, working at Robert Mondavi Winery and, later, as winemaker at Domaine Chandon. She established Dyer wines with her husband Bill in 1996. Dyer served as board chair of the Napa Valley Vintners in 2002. In this interview, Dyer discusses the following topics: upbringing and education; California wine in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s; Napa Valley Vintners organization, administration, leadership, and branding; Napa agricultural preserve and winery definition laws; land use and the environment; and protecting the Napa name.