Natural wines made in Berkeley

 

Kristie Tacey, Winemaker and Founder of Tessier Winery, is a scientist turned winemaker. A former published research scientist who studied protein pathways, she moved to the San Francisco Bay Area from her native Michigan to pursue a career in biotechnology, which included working on the Human Genome Project. Kristie eventually came to realize that winemaking was her true calling; and after working as operations manager and assistant winemaker at an award-winning East Bay winery. 

Tessier Winery was founded in 2009 and focuses on small, hand-crafted lots of natural wines. In the cellar, we practice native fermentations and minimal intervention to allow each vineyard to speak for itself. We have selectively chosen organically farmed family owned and operated vineyards that are in local regions that we feel best express the varietals we love and are inspired by.

Chandran Param, Marketing Director & Tasting Room Manager, is a musician and artist with a background in graphic design, architectural lighting design, electrical construction, event production, marketing, sales and retail management. Chandran found natural wine through Kristie and their shared love of nature and natural products. Find Chandran at The Punchdown Wine Bar in Oakland when he is not at Tessier.

Tara Lynch aka lil' brownbird, Graphic Designer and Artist Extraordinaire is a Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Film Prop & Set Decorator, Web Designer and Artist based in Oakland. Tara has designed all of Tessier's labels, building signage, sandwich board signs as well as the amazing mural on our wall at the winery. Tara is our go to artist when we need something amazing that only Tara can do.