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• THE NEW YORK TIMES Another Variable in the Winemaking Process: Climate Change April 7, 2022

• WINE ENTHUSIAST An Overlooked, Historic California Grape Gets a New Life February 7, 2022

• WINE ENTHUSIAST Reds, Whites and Bright City Lights: The Best Urban Wineries in the U.S. February 7, 2022

• WINE ENTHUSIAST Six Gifts Wine Pros Want to Receive This Year October 30, 2021

• WINE & SPIRITS TOP 100 WINERIES OF 2021 October 1, 2021

• San Francisco Chronicle TOP 25 WINERIES, Summer 2021: Best Bay Area Wineries to Visit July 1, 2021

• San Francisco Chronicle   7 festive California sparkling wines to celebrate making it through 2020   December 23, 2020

• Los Angeles Magazine   Some Bottles of Sparkling Wine to Pop This Fine Morning   November 7, 2020

• The Bold Italic   5 Bottles of California Bubbly to Pop When the Election Is Finally Called   November 6, 2020

• Berkeleyside Nosh   Berkeley wineries rally during uncertain times   October 19, 2020

• Robb Report   10 Bottles That Will Make You Fall in Love with Drinking Pét-Nat   September 21, 2020

• Berkeleyside Nosh   ‘There is no roadmap’: Berkeley restaurant owners are blindsided by abrupt outdoor dining ban   July 14, 2020

• Decanter   Amber Champions: Top 30 Orange Wines   July 2020

• Wine Enthusiast   Orange Wine is Trending for All the Right Reasons   May 28, 2020

• New York Times   The Polarizing Power of Orange Wine   May 7, 2020

• KRON4   Donkey & Goat Winery in Berkeley adapts to closure, offers drive through service   May 5, 2020

• San Francisco Chronicle   Berkeley’s Donkey and Goat Winery is throwing a drive-through wine party   May 4, 2020

• Food & Wine   What Exactly Is a Pét-Nat?   April 23, 2020

• New York Times   How to Find (and Discuss) Natural Wines   April 16, 2020

• 7×7   Drink Natural: The Best Organic + Biodynamic Winemakers and Wine Shops   January 27, 2020

• San Francisco Chronicle   West Berkeley just became California’s hub for natural wine   January 14, 2020

• Davis Enterprise   Wines for the Thanksgiving Table   November, 2019

• Napa Valley Register   Please The Palate: Red, white, rosé and now orange wines   November 21, 2019

• Forbes   Natural Wine 101 And Why You Should Serve It At Thanksgiving   November 20, 2019

• L’OFFICIEL   Natural Wines to Shop for Every Taste   November 14, 2019

• Wine & Spirits   Best U.S. Pinot Gris – Ramato, 95 pts   November 2019

• Wine & Spirits   134 Exceptional Chardonnays – Linda Vista Chardonnay, 92 Pts   October 2019

• Wine Enthusiast   What’s the Difference Between Organic and Biodynamic Wine?   September 10, 2019

• Decanter   Californian premium Rhône-style reds – The Bear ranked #2   July 31, 2019

• Vine Pair   ‘It’s Complicated’: Understanding Volatile Acidity and Its Role in Wine   July 8, 2019

• Grape Nation: Heritage Radio Network   EPISODE 117: TRACEY BRANDT   June 26, 2019

• Datebook, SF Chronicle   6 urban drinking spots by the Bay   June 18, 2019

• Le Rouge Et Blanc   FOREIGN VINEYARDS: American natural wines   June 2019

• The Press: SF Chronicle   THE 52 CALIFORNIA WINERIES YOU NEED TO VISIT IN 2019   June 2019

• Wine Enthusiast   Behind America’s New Nouveau-Style Wines   June 17, 2019

• Vine Pair   6 Questions About Natural Wine You’re Too Embarrassed to Ask   June 5, 2019

• The Buyer   10 Best New Wave California wines you need on your list   June 3, 2019

• The Bold Italic   The Ultimate Guide to the Bay Area’s Urban Wineries   May 22, 2019

• Berkeleyside   Want to go wine tasting? You can try more wine on a day trip to Berkeley than to Napa or Sonoma   May 17, 2019

• SF GATE   The press: Donkey & Goat   May 17, 2019

• Forbes   This Party Won’t Start Itself: Fun Wine For Summertime   May 13, 2019

• Wine & Spirits   Full Transparency: The New Grenache from California   May 6, 2019

• Wine Enthusiast   California’s White Wines Still Reign Supreme   May 6, 2019

• NYC’s Original City Guide   Nightlife in New York City This Week   April 14, 2019

• The Bleu   Do Drinking And Wellness Mix?   April 2019

• Jancis Robinson   California’s new wave washes abroad   March 23, 2019

• Financial Times   The West Coast wine revolution   March 22, 2019

• Beverage Media Group   A Fine Question   March 13, 2019

• The Spruce Eats   10 Best Natural Wines to Try Right Now   March 11, 2019

• Wine Searcher   Rustic Fizz Takes Root in US   February 4, 2019

• Grape Collective   DONKEY AND GOAT AT 15: CALIFORNIA NATURAL WINE PIONEERS TAKE STOCK   January 25, 2019

• The Manual   What Is Natural Wine? An Introduction to the Hands-Off Winemaking Mentality   January 11, 2019

• The Press, San Francisco Chronicle   THE SURPRISING HISTORY OF URBAN WINERIES IN THE BAY AREA   January 2019

• Jamie Goode’s wine blog   Some brilliant Californian imports from Nekter Wines   January 8, 2019

• Food & Wine   Organic vs. Biodynamic vs. Natural Wine—What’s the Difference?   December 26, 2018

• Wine Spectator   A Celebration of Natural Wine   December 7, 2018

• Quartzy   AMERICAN WINEMAKERS ARE GETTING IN ON THE FUN OF BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU   November 15, 2018

• Essence   These Expert Wine Pairings Will Elevate Your Holiday Experience   November 7, 2018

• Davis Enterprise   Wineaux: Hiking the urban wine trail   October 8, 2018

• Washington Post   You say ‘orange’ wines, the Georgians say ‘amber.’ Here’ are the ones you should know.   October 5, 2018

• Food & Wine   25 of Our Favorite Under-the-Radar California Reds   October 1, 2018

• Paste Magazine   52 Wines in 52 Weeks: Blending Roussanne and Marsanne for Fall   September 26, 2018

• Food & Wine   Urban Wineries Are on the Rise: Here’s Why Winemakers Have Traded Vineyards for the Big City   September 20, 2018

• Food & Wine   Inside One Winery’s Quest for Sulfite-Free Wine—What It Means and Why It Matters   September 20, 2018

• New York Times   For Pinot Noir, Put Anderson Valley Among California’s Best   September 13, 2018

• SF Chronicle   DONKEY AND GOAT: BERKELEY’S NATURAL WINE EVANGELISTS   September 12, 2018

• Wine & Spirits   Top 100 Wineries of 2018 – Best White Wine Blend 2018, Eliza   September 11, 2018

• Diablo Magazine   Drink Natural Wine at Oakland’s Ordinaire   August 24, 2018

• SF Chronicle   Why aren’t there more natural wineries you can visit?   August 16, 2018

• East Bay Express   Best Winery, Runner up   August 16, 2018

• Wine Enthusiast   Three Distinct Pinot Styles to Try   August 15, 2018

• Martha’s Vineyard Times   ‘Naked’ wines delight Atria guests   July 18, 2018

• Sunset Magazine   Chilled Out: Red Refreshers   June 2018

• Paste Magazine   52 Wines in 52 Weeks: Grenache is Liquid Summer   June 13, 2018

• Natural Disaster   Podcast, Ep4: Tracey Brandt of Donkey & Goat Brings Us Pinot Gris   May 25, 2018

• Wine Enthusiast   Podcast: Red, White and Green   April 18, 2018

• Davis Enterprise   Wineaux: Go natural, you won’t regret it   April 11, 2018

• Telegram   Worcester Living: Pairing wine and beer with a favorite meal   April 3, 2018

• Wine Enthusiast   Crisp White Wines from Places You’d Never Expect   March 21, 2018

• SF Chronicle   Is natural wine ready to mature in the Bay Area?   March 15, 2018

• PUNCH   Wine Doesn’t Make Itself   March 14, 2018

• VOGUE   This Berkeley Street Has Become a Natural Wine Oasis   March 11, 2018

• Vine Pair   WE ASKED 10 WINEMAKERS: WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE WINE-AND-CHEESE PAIRING?   March 8, 2018

• Washington Post   12 Things to do in the D.C. Area this week   March 5, 2018

• Davis Enterprise   Wineaux: Finding holiday magic in trees and bottles   January 17, 2018

• KFOG Radio   Wine Wednesday: Everything you need to know about natural wine with Donkey & Goat Winery   January 10, 2018

• SF Gate   Bay Area things to do for fun off the beaten path   January 1, 2018

• New York Times   Your Next Lesson: California Grenache   December 29, 2017

• SF Chronicle   Suddenly, West Coast is sparkling: Here’s the best of the new bubbly   December 20, 2017

• The Food Lens   Wines to Make the Season Merry and Bright   December 19, 2017

• Wine Enthusiast   American Chardonnay For While You Cook (and With Dinner)   December 15, 2017

• Atlanta Magazine   Go beyond Champagne this New Year’s with these sparkling wines   December 2017

• Wine Enthusiast   94 Points Awarded to – 2016 Linda Vista Vineyard Chardonnay   December 2017

• SPRUDGE   Bacchus Wept: Too Many Favorites From RAW WINE 2017   November 20, 2017

• Berkeleyside   What wines should you bring to Thanksgiving dinner?   November 17, 2017

• Food Republic   Listen To Food Republic Today   November 13, 2017

• VOGUE   Drink Wine With Thai Food: A Call to Action   October 19, 2017

• Into Wine   Top 100 Most Influential U.S. Winemakers   October 2017

• Food & Wine   Drink These 25 Bottles and Become a Wine Master   September 2017

• Grub Street   12 Excellent Things to Eat, Drink, and Do in New York City This October   October 1, 2017

• The Mercury News   5 reasons you should drink this new type of sparkling wine now   August 2017

• VINEPAIR   Let the Haters Hate, and Other Life Lessons Learned from Winemakers   August 2017

• LA WEEKLY   Your Information About Chardonnay Is Outdated   August 16, 2017

• boston.com   11 places to try one of the hottest trends in wine this summer   June 17, 2017

• City Living Seattle   Food Matters: Fine wines at Champion Cellars and Carnivore   June 13, 2017

• Houston Press   Houston’s Summer Wine Obsession Boils Down to Two Little Words: Glou-Glou   June 13, 2017

• Best of New Orleans   Wine & Spirits 2017: New ideas for pairing cheese and wine (and beer)   May 15, 2017

• Organic Authority   33 Must-Try Rosé Wines (All Made with Organic Grapes!)   April 10, 2017

• Dallas News   Wild, thrilling (and unpredictable!), natural wines are finding fans in Dallas   March 26, 2017

• Financial Times   10 Effervescent Wines that Burst the Champagne Bubble   February 13, 2017

• Chefs Feed   Beyond The Drinking Glass   February 14, 2017

• San Jose Mercury News   12 Bay Area dessert wines for your valentine   February 8, 2017

• Forbes   The Ten Best Wines of 2016   January 5, 2017

• IMBIBE MAGAZINE   MAKING THE CASE FOR MERLOT   NOVEMBER 2016

• Forbes   Merlot Sees Its Stock Rise After Years In The Shadow Of Cabernet And Pinot   November 25, 2016

• Washington Post   If you want to give a wine club membership, go straight to the source   November 5, 2016

• Ta Za   10 West Coast Urban Wineries All Wine Lovers Must Visit!   November 2016

• Antonio Galloni, Vinous   New Reviews for Donkey & Goat   October 2016

• The New York Times   Wine That’s Not Only Natural, It’s Alive   November 17, 2016

• Wine Enthusiast   Moms Who Work Wine-to-Five   October 27, 2016

• BON APPÉTIT   CALIFORNIA WINE IS FINALLY FUN. AND SO ARE THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE IT   AUGUST 2016

• EATER   Ask a Somm: Does Wine Belong in the Refrigerator?   JULY 28, 2016

• THIRLLIST   ROSÉ IS OVER, GUYS. DRINK THESE WINES INSTEAD.   MAY 20, 2016

• WINE ENTHUSIAST MAGAZINE   2014 TESTA VINEYARD OLD VINE CARIGNANE RECEIVES 90 POINTS!   August 2016

• The Boston Globe   Why is this husband-and-wife winery named Donkey & Goat?   June 3, 2016

• Luxury Magazine   The Natural: For a growing niche of American winemakers, less is more, down to the lees   Summer 2016

• Marissa A. Ross   Drink Sustainably with Marissa A. Ross: Episode 4   June 16, 2016

• Wine Enthusiast Magazine   2014 Pinot Gris receives 90 points!   June 2016

• TASTING TABLE   The booming natural wine movement isn’t easily defined, and that’s just the point   March 25, 2016

• The East Bay Express   Wine, Au Naturel   March 23, 2016

• Wine Enthusiast Magazine   The New and Improved Sierra Foothills   February 2016

• Wine & Spirits Magazine   White Wine Discovery of the Month   February 2016

• Local Food Matters   Skin Contact Winemaking with Tracey Brandt   February 2016

• Wine Enthusiast Magazine   2014 Sluice Box Receives 91 Points!   February 2016

• Eater National   Meet Mourvèdre   November 2015

• Wine Enthusiast Magazine   Why Winemakers are Going Au Naturel   November 2015

• Wine Enthusiast Magazine – Best of Year 2015   Donkey & Goat 2014 Linda Vista Chardonnay   November 2015

• The Davis Enterprise   Coming to consensus (or not) on ‘natural’ wine   July 2015

• Vinii Finland   Donkey & Goat Profiled in Bay Area Wineries (FI)   July 2015

• Drink Me   AMERICAN PÉT-NAT IS TAKING THE US BY STORM   July 2015

• Sprudge.com   7 Natural Wines You Need In Your Life Right Now   July 2015

• Sprudge.com   Coffee & Wine: Interview with Natural Wine Expert Isabelle Legeron, MW   July 2015

• Wine Enthusiast Magazine   Your American Pét-Nat Primer   July 2015

• Vino2Travel   URBAN WINERY : UN CONCEPT VITICOLE EN PLEIN ESSOR (fr)   July 2015

• Grape Collective   A Wine Trip to San Francisco, Naturally!   June 2015

• Ukiah Daily Journal   John on Wine: A great three-day wine weekend recap   May 2015

• Munchies   San Francisco Is an Urban Winemaking Heaven   April 2015

• Palm Beach Daily News   Café Boulud to feature new breed of California wines   April 2015

• Food Republic   16 Important Names To Know in Natural Wine   February 2015

• Ann Walker Catering   Donkey & Goat’s Take on Orange   March 2015

• Food Republic   16 Important Names To Know in Natural Wine   February 2015

• New York Times   Restaurant Kao Soy in Brooklyn loves Donkey & Goat   February 2015

• Fox News   The Changing Face of the Wine Business   January 2015

• KQED Bay Area Bites   Sniffing Out Wine Bargains? Big Tastes at Small Prices   December 2014

• View from the Cellar   Latest Reviews for Donkey & Goat   August 2014

• Natural Wine   by Isabelle Legeron   July 2014

• Fois Gras and Funnel Cakes   10 Questions for Jared Brandt   May 2014

• Gourmet Traveler Australia   Hot 100 – Cult Americans   May 2014

• Bon Appetit Magazine   Our Handy Holiday Wine Gift Guide Has You Covered   December 2013

• Houston Chronicle Blog   Our top wines for a Bayou City Christmas   December 2013

• The Sacramento Bee   Local wines land on Wine Enthusiast best of 2013 lists   December 2013

• The New California Wine   A Guide to the Producers and Wines Behind a Revolution in Taste   November 2013

• Wine Enthusiast Magazine   Four California Innovators   November 2013

• Tasting Table   California Love   November 2013

• San Francisco Chronicle   Celebrating America’s cornucopia of wine   November 2013

• East Bay Express   The gift of booze   November 2013

• San Francisco Chronicle   Double shot of Pinot Noir   November 2013

• Wine Enthusiast   Latest Reviews for Donkey & Goat   November 2013

• LA Weekly   ORANGE WINE: PERFECT FOR THE SEASON, AND SEXY AS HELL   October 2013

• Gear Patrol   The Anti-Champagne, Donkey and Goat Lily’s Cuvee   October 2013

• San Francisco Chronicle   California’s time is ripe for Grenache Blanc   September 2013

• Wine Terroirs   Donkey & Goat (Berkeley, California)   August 2013

• 7×7 Magazine   Keep Calm and Carignane   October 2013

• Bon Appetit   Popcorn with Donkey & Goat’s Lily’s Cuvée   August 2013

• New York Magazine, Grub Street   Pét Nat, Champagne’s Hip Younger Sister, Hits Its Peak Season   July 2013

• Wall Street Journal   The Actual Facts Behind the Rise of Natural Wine   July 2013

• Dujour Magazine   A Summer Guide to Rosé   July 2013

• New York Times   New Wave of Energetic Winemakers   June 2013

• Stephen Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar   Latest Reviews for Donkey & Goat   June 2013

• Bon Appetit   Natural Wines Are Being Made in America   May 2013

• Seattle Weekly   Skin Fermented Wines Are Relevant   April 2013

• The Washington Post   ‘American Wine’, a story of great growth   February 2013

• The San Francisco Chronicle   Root for the Home Team at St. Vincent   December 2012

• Los Angeles Magazine   Lou Amdur on Donkey & Goat Stone Crusher   December 2012

• Stephen Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar   Latest Reviews for Donkey & Goat   November 2012

• Houston Press   A Crunchy, Low-Alcohol Wine For Thanksgiving From California Naturally   November 2012

• Serious Eats   Editor’s Picks: Domestic Rosé for Thanksgiving   November 2012

• Men’s Journal   A Syrah to Fall For – 2009 Donkey & Goat Fenaughty Syrah   November 2012

• The San Francisco Chronicle   Rhone-style Whites as the holidays near   November 2012

• In the Drink Radio   Amanda Smeltz from Roberta’s Shouts out Donkey & Goat   October 2012

• In the Drink Radio   Doug Crowell from Buttermilk Channel Restaurant Shouts out Donkey & Goat   October 2012

• East Bay Express   From Grape to Glass   October 2012

• Details Magazine   5 Urban Winemaker to Know   October 2012

• Serious Eats   Harvest Report: Donkey & Goat Winery   October 2012

• The New York Times   Stone Crusher Featured in Blanca Restaurant Slideshow   October 2012

• Viva La Wino   2007 Donkey & Goat Syrah Review   July 2012

• LA Weekly   Natural Wine: An Explanation + Where To Find It   July 2012

• Plonk Wine Merchants   Jared Brandt Interview with Jeremy Parzen at Sotto LA   June 2012

• Food and Wine Magazine   Ancient Wine Techniques, Simple Dishes   February 2011

• The San Francisco Chronicle   Winemaker to Watch in 2011   January 2011

• The Salt Lake Tribune   Weekly Toast: Utah native brings under-appreciated wine to forefront   January 2011

• The San Francisco Chronicle   2008 Four Thirteen named to Top 100 Wines of 2011   December 2010

• Sunset Magazine   2008 Four Thirteen Receives Raves   November 2010

• Food and Wine Magazine   40 Big Food Thinkers Under 40   November 2010

• NBC IN WINE COUNTRY   FOR THE LOVE OF SOUR GRAPES   AUGUST 2008

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