Jill Klein Matthiasson: Matthiasson Wines

Patwin land - Napa Valley, California

www.matthiasson.com, @matthiasson_wine

Jill always felt that the intersection of nature and culture was the most important thing. She studied botany at Penn, researched ancient farming techniques in Israel, and studied traditional methods for soil health in grad school at UC Davis. She pioneered “farmer to farmer” networking for sustainability in the early 90s while working for a family farming non-profit, and ran programs training farmers on direct sales, such as CSAs and farmers markets, before local food had the momentum that it has now. As the family grew, that passion translated into more local action, like teaching cooking from the garden classes in the local grade school and serving on the Napa Farmer’s Market board. She runs the business side of the family farming and wine business.

Photo courtesy of Emma Morris.

Social Justice and Environmental Restoration Statement

All of our vineyard employees are full-time and year-round. Our benefits include 100% Kaiser Silver health insurance to all full time employees and 50% to their family members, plus 9 paid holidays and paid vacation time. We pay for ESL classes for any interested employee and provide flexible schedule for them to attend. We are very active in mentorship and door-opening for marginalized people including the 280 Project and within our own small business. Steve volunteers to teach organic farming to UC Davis students. All of our vineyards are CCOF certified Organic.