Andy Erickson – Winemaker Andy Erickson has lived and worked in the Napa Valley since 1994. That year, Andy left life in San Francisco to pursue a dream of growing grapes and making wine. After harvest 1994 at Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, he worked under John Kongsgaard at Newton Vineyard. Following three years of marketing wine barrels for Seguin Moreau, France’s leading cooperage, Andy went to UC Davis to study enology, at the same time working with Spottswoode and Saintsbury wineries. Immediately after receiving his graduate degree, Andy was hired as the assistant winemaker at Harlan Estate in Oakville. He worked there until spring of 2001, when he was named winemaker at Staglin Family Vineyard in nearby Rutherford. Andy currently works as an independent consulting winemaker, making wine for Screaming Eagle, Dalla Valle, Arietta, Dancing Hares Vineyard and Ovid Vineyards in the Napa Valley, and consulting for Jonata in the Santa Ynez Valley.