Jill and Steve Matthiasson started making wine in their backyard a month after they started dating. In 2003, they started making wines to sell when Steve happened upon an undiscovered jewel of a vineyard in the Napa Valley. Naming the winery MATTHIASSON was the easy part; the hard part was convincing people that a tiny, unknown winery could produce world-class, balanced, fresh tasting wines from the Napa Valley.
Jill and Steve have since become internationally acclaimed vintners, with their wines being featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The San Francisco Chronicle (where Steve was named “Winemaker of the Year”), Bon Appétit Magazine, In-Style Magazine, Wine Enthusiast Magazine, Decanter Magazine, Food & Wine Magazine, JancisRobinson.com and The Wine Spectator, to name a few. They have been featured extensively on the SOMMTV channel and Steve is a 6-time nominee for the prestigious James Beard Award. Steve and Jill are committed organic farmers, farming about 50 acres of mostly grapes, plus some peaches, plums, nectarines and lemons in the Napa Valley.