Matter of Taste is a no-holds-barred walkabout wine tasting experience built around sought-after, iconic wines and the most talented winemakers in the world.
A no-holds-barred wine tasting experience, Matter of Taste San Francisco is built around 150 of the most iconic Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays of California, Oregon and New Zealand, as well as cult-classic Rhone blends from California’s original Rhone Ranger pioneers. Each featured wine is rated 90+ points by The Wine Advocate and handpicked by Editor in Chief, Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, and Reviewer Jeb Dunnuck.
Reviewer Jeb Dunnuck
Base: Colorado, USA
Assigned Regions: Rhone, Provence, Languedoc-Roussillon, Washingon State and Central California
Assigned Regions: Rhone, Provence, Languedoc-Roussillon, Washingon State and Central California
An aerospace engineer by training, Jeb Dunnuck grew up on a farm in rural Indiana where whole milk was the beverage of choice and wine was hard to come by. It wasn't until 1996, when living abroad and traveling through Europe, that he became interested in fine wine.
Moving to upstate New York in 1999 to work for Lockheed Martin, and later to Colorado in 2001 to work for Ball Aerospace, he traveled extensively throughout the wine regions of Europe and the United States, where he quickly developed a passion for the wines of the Rhône valley and the Rhone Ranger Movement in California and Washington. To gain a better understanding of the business side of the wine industry, he took a temporary wine retail position in 2006.
Jeb launched the "The Rhône Report" publication and website in 2008 and began releasing a quarterly newsletter reviewing Rhône variety wines from around the world. Completely independent and including coverage on wines from France, Spain, Australia, and both California and Washington in the United States, the publication continued to gain in popularity and subscribers, and by 2013, was read in over 24 counties and seen as one of the leading authorities on Rhône variety wines.
Andy Smith, DuMol Wines, Sonoma County
Joe Nielsen
Winemaker
Joe Nielsen got his start in winemaking not in the
California fields or a university greenhouse, but in the backyard of his
parent’s Michigan home. A young entrant into college, Joe was studying pre-med
at Michigan State when a friend suggested he consider a future in winemaking.
After pouring over English-translated books on French viticulture, the
18-year-old cleared an acre of his parent’s backyard and set to work planting
his own vineyard.
Never looking back, Joe completed the Michigan State
winemaking program at an accelerated rate and received a Bachelor of Science in
Horticulture, after which he spent a year with a Michigan winery before
pursuing his winemaking dreams in California. As a self-proclaimed “cellar
rat,”” Joe spent the next few years learning every aspect of the winemaking
business with a Napa Valley producer before joining Donelan Winemaker Tyler
Thomas in 2009 to hone his craft with terroir-driven wines.
At Donelan Family Wines, you’ll find Joe with his hands in
all aspect of the winemaking process, from analyzing wine samples in the lab to
managing the racking and bottling of the cellar. Abandoning traditional recipes
and relying on the unique characteristics of the fruit, he explores the
inimitable combinations created through the interaction of vine and Sonoma
County’s unique environment.
Joe’s inherent desire for hands-on learning keeps him
involved in local wine tasting groups and keeps his passport full of stamps
from some of the world’s best wine regions. He lives in Sonoma Valley with his
wife and spends his free time staying active outdoors and entertaining his
passion for gardening.
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