G. Gauthier Cellars

Greg Gauthier is the winemaker and proprietor of Gauthier Cellars. Greg has spent most of his wine industry career on the sales and marketing side. During his many ye ars in the business, however, he has found his greatest joy and inspiration out inthe vineyard and inside the cellar. To further his interest and develop his winemaking knowledge, he interned with Ted Seghesio of Seghesio Winery and took enology classes at UC Davis, then while inSales and Marketing for Rodney Strong Vineyards, Chalone Vineyards and its recently acquired Acacia Vineyards, Greg found time in between his frequent business trips to accompany Rodney Strong winemaker Rick Sayre, Chalone winemaker Dan Karlsen, and Acacia winemaker Michael Terrien, in the cellar.

Two ideals paramount to his winemaking philosophy are: his wines must be varietally true, and that they must be distinctive of the place where the grapes were grown.

Gauthier Cellars was launched in 2000. Greg chose to use his own name on the bottle, sincere in his conviction that the wine inside the bottle must be of exceptional quality and offer a taste experience that turns heads and stops conversation; anything less, and it would be unfit to bear his name.

Early on in his career, Greg earned a nickname from those who worked with him-those who deeply appreciated his commitment, trustworthiness, and sense of teamwork during business hours and his larger-than-life personality and sense of fun and adventure at all times. This nickname, "G-Squared," came to symbolize a double dose of Greg's philosophy on life, and appropriately his Gauthier Cellars wine is also known by this name. His current release is a Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir