Chris Demetre

Focus Areas

• Napa

• Sonoma

 

Information I enjoy sharing

• Grape growing and wine making for beginners through experts

 

Additional Tour Services

• Blending seminars

• Guided wine tastings

 

Group Size

• Small (1-10)

• Medium (11- 50)

 

Group Types

• Individuals

• Couples

• Families

• Corporate

 

 

Bio

Chris Demetre is the winemaker for Nicolette Christopher Cellars and Orentano Pinot Noir.  He enjoys helping people understand the “ins and outs” of wine and has been conducting wine tours wine education seminars for over a decade.  Family ties in Napa were his first exposure to wine, and his passion for winemaking grew as he took courses at Napa Valley College and U.C. Davis.  

 

He rode his bicycle the circumference of France, visiting every major wine region, to learn the styles and flavors to be found there.  When he returned to Napa, he began fermenting wines for vineyard owners that wanted wines that showcased their fruit.  

 

He was Lab Director for Cecchetti Sebastiani Winery and helped set up their new winemaking facility before becoming winemaker for the Napa Sonoma Vineyard Group and NC Cellars.  

 

Chris received his BA in Geological Sciences from U.C. Santa Barbara and an MBA from U.C. Irvine.