Uploaded December 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Chris Carpenter is the winemaker for some of Napa Valley’s most prestigious wineries, including Cardinale, Lokoya, La Jota, and Mt. Brave—wines for which all come from grapes grown on the mountains that ring the valley. Chris earned an undergraduate degree in biology at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, and a master’s degree in viticulture and enology at the University of California, Davis. He later studied as a research-intern in Italy at Tenute Antinori, Santa Cristina Estate, before coming back to Napa Valley to Cardinale Estate in 1998. Chris and his wife founded the Napa Valley chapter of Slow Food and have served as Chairs for Slow Food USA.
Karen MacNeil interviewed Chris Carpenter for WineSpeed in August 2019.
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Chris Carpenter is the winemaker for some of Napa Valley’s most prestigious wineries, including Cardinale, Lokoya, La Jota, and Mt. Brave—wines for which all come from grapes grown on the mountains that ring the valley. Chris earned an undergraduate degree in biology at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, and a master’s degree in viticulture and enology at the University of California, Davis. He later studied as a research-intern in Italy at Tenute Antinori, Santa Cristina Estate, before coming back to Napa Valley to Cardinale Estate in 1998. Chris and his wife founded the Napa Valley chapter of Slow Food and have served as Chairs for Slow Food USA.
Karen MacNeil interviewed Chris Carpenter for WineSpeed in August 2019.
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Subscribe to the best free newsletter on wine, WineSpeed bit.ly/WineSpeedSubscribe
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Check out more about Karen MacNeil by visiting her website bit.ly/KarenMacNeil
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The Wine Bible by Karen MacNeil. It's the best-selling wine book in the U.S. Buy it here! bit.ly/thewinebible
