{"id":2521,"date":"2025-05-26T18:53:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T18:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/blog\/?p=2521"},"modified":"2025-06-10T02:12:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T02:12:21","slug":"winemaker-interview-series-melissa-stackhouse-of-dutton-goldfield-april-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/blog\/?p=2521","title":{"rendered":"Winemaker Interview Series \u2013 Melissa Stackhouse of Dutton Goldfield &#8211; April 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Melissa-Stackhouse-Dutton-Goldfield-Winemaker.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Melissa-Stackhouse-Dutton-Goldfield-Winemaker-241x300.gif\" alt=\"Melissa Stackhouse - Dutton Goldfield Winemaker\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On Wednesday, April 9, 2025, we had the opportunity to interview <strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/wineindustryadvisor.com\/2022\/05\/13\/dutton-goldfield-winery-hires-melissa-stackhouse-as-winemaker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Melissa Stackhouse<\/a> <\/u><\/strong>again. Melissa is the winemaker for <a href=\"https:\/\/duttongoldfield.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>Dutton Goldfield<\/u><\/strong><\/a>. We covered one 2022 Chardonnay wines and seven 2022 single-vineyard Pinot Noir wines during the interview. We last interviewed Melissa and Dan Goldfield in April 2024 when we covered the previous vintages of many of these wines. You can read about those wines <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/blog\/?p=2318\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>in this post<\/u><\/strong>.<\/a> In the current interview, Melissa shared some updates since our last chat, so check out what we learned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Before we get to the wines, I thought I would share some tidbits that Melissa shared in the interview.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/duttongoldfield.com\/about-dan-goldfield\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Dan Goldfield<\/strong><\/a> is now Winemaker Emeritus<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He generally is available if we want him for something.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We might have him come back to call the pick at Docker.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He is doing some traveling now and more bike riding.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2022 was the earliest vintage ever for them.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On August 12<sup>th<\/sup> the first fruit was harvested.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Same vineyard in 2023 was harvested on September 12<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 a whole month later.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There was a major rain event in 2023. The usually later vintage sites (Devil&#8217;s Gulch, 5 Wells, Angel Camp and Docker) all had to be picked and brought in before the rain.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Azaya Vineyard will be back and bottled in 2023.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dutton Ranch \u2013 Bodega Vineyard will have its first release in 2024.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2023 will be the last year for Angel Camp Vineyard.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Deviate is a blend of Putnam Vineyard (Redwood Valley) and the Dutton&#8217;s Jentoft Vineyard in the Russian River Valley.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Devil\u2019s Gulch Vineyard is the only vineyard that is netted.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fox Den Vineyard is a late harvest vineyard.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It was first planted in 2000. Its first wine was 2004. It produces very small berries.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">McDougal Vineyard in Fort Ross-Seaview has the 667 clone planted. There are bay (laurel) trees near the vineyard.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Snow Vineyard in Green Valley was recently purchased. It has 943 and Calera clones planted.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Below is a summary of the wine offerings from Dutton Goldfield that we covered with Melissa. The links below are to our full reviews. If you are interested in ordering and trying these wines, you will find some of these wines via your favorite fine wine shop or on top quality wines lists. You can also purchase these wines on the <a href=\"https:\/\/duttongoldfield.com\/collection#\/current-wines-available\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>Dutton Goldfield website<\/u><\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Dutton-Goldfield-Logo.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Dutton-Goldfield-Logo.gif\" alt=\"Dutton Goldfield Logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"143\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/wine_review\/Dutton-Goldfield-2022-Walker-Hill-Vineyard-Chardonnay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Dutton Goldfield 2022 Chardonnay &#8220;Walker Hill Vineyard&#8221;<\/strong><\/a> (Green Valley) $55 (<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>KWGTP 93.5<\/strong><\/span>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/wine_review\/Dutton-Goldfield-2022-5-Wells-Vineyard-Pinot-Noir\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Dutton Goldfield 2022 Pinot Noir &#8220;5 Wells Vineyard&#8221;<\/strong><\/a> (Russian River) $74 (<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>KWGTP 92.5<\/strong><\/span>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/wine_review\/Dutton-Goldfield-2022-Deviate-Pinot-Noir\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Dutton Goldfield 2022 Pinot Noir &#8220;Deviate&#8221;<\/strong><\/a> (Sonoma Coast) $78 (<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>KWGTP 93.5<\/strong><\/span>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/wine_review\/Dutton-Goldfield-2022-Devils-Gulch-Vineyard-Pinot-Noir\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Dutton Goldfield 2022 Pinot Noir &#8220;Devil&#8217;s Gulch Vineyard&#8221;<\/strong><\/a> (Marin County) $89 (<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>KWGTP 93<\/strong><\/span>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/wine_review\/Dutton-Goldfield-2022-Emerald-Ridge-Vineyard-Pinot-Noir\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Dutton Goldfield 2022 Pinot Noir &#8220;Emerald Ridge Vineyard&#8221;<\/strong><\/a> (Green Valley) $74 (<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>KWGTP 94<\/strong><\/span>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/wine_review\/Dutton-Goldfield-2022-Fox-Den-Vineyard-Pinot-Noir\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Dutton Goldfield 2022 Pinot Noir &#8220;Fox Den Vineyard&#8221;<\/strong><\/a> (Green Valley) $74 (<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>KWGTP 95<\/strong><\/span>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/wine_review\/Dutton-Goldfield-2022-McDougall-Vineyard-Pinot-Noir\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Dutton Goldfield 2022 Pinot Noir &#8220;McDougall Vineyard&#8221;<\/strong><\/a> (Fort Ross-Seaview) $78 (<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>KWGTP 95<\/strong><\/span>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/wine_review\/Dutton-Goldfield-2022-Snow-Vineyard-Pinot-Noir\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Dutton Goldfield 2022 Pinot Noir &#8220;Snow Vineyard&#8221;<\/strong><\/a> (Green Valley) $74 (<strong>KWGTP 95.5<\/strong>)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You can find reviews of past and future Dutton Golfield wines that we cover on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/wine.php?winery=529\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>Dutton Goldfield KWG winery page<\/u><\/strong><\/a> on our website. We hope you enjoy these terrific wines as much as we did. Cheers! &#8211; Ken<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, April 9, 2025, we had the opportunity to interview Melissa Stackhouse again. Melissa is the winemaker for Dutton Goldfield. We covered one 2022 Chardonnay wines and seven 2022 single-vineyard Pinot Noir wines during the interview. We last interviewed Melissa and Dan Goldfield in April 2024 when we covered the previous vintages of many [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2322,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1476,92,13,2423,871,2485,1214,2873,2874,2875,11,2876,2424,12,1187,102,2877,1120,90,126,8,6,240,1292,1288],"tags":[2450,2872,2862,2860,2861,2870,491,2297,2407,2401,2866,628,2336,2408,1179,616,2409,2867,2404,2865,2402,2868,2410,2399,492,2863,2864,1557,1469,2869,1124,2403,2871,2859],"class_list":["post-2521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-calera","category-california","category-chardonnay","category-dan-goldfield","category-dutton-goldfield","category-dutton-ranch","category-emerald-ridge-vineyard","category-fort-ross-seaview","category-fox-den-vineyard","category-green-valley","category-kens-wine-guide-tasting-panel","category-marin-county","category-melissa-stackhouse","category-pinot-noir","category-red-wine","category-russian-river-valley","category-snow-vineyard","category-sonoma-coast","category-white-wine","category-wine-ratings","category-wine-recommendations","category-wine-reviews","category-wine-tasting","category-winemaker","category-zoom-wine-tasting","tag-2022-vintage","tag-5-wells-vineyard","tag-angel-camp-vineyard","tag-azaya-vineyard","tag-bodega-vineyard","tag-calera-clone","tag-chardonnay","tag-dan-goldfield","tag-deviate","tag-devils-gulch","tag-devils-gulch-vineyard","tag-dutton-goldfield","tag-dutton-ranch","tag-emerald-ridge","tag-emerald-ridge-vineyard","tag-fort-ross-seaview","tag-fox-den","tag-fox-den-vineyard","tag-green-valley","tag-jentoft-vineyard","tag-marin-county","tag-mcdougal-vineyard","tag-mcdougall","tag-melissa-stackhouse","tag-pinot-noir","tag-putnam-vineyard","tag-redwood-valley","tag-russian-river","tag-russian-river-valley","tag-snow-vineyard","tag-sonoma-coast","tag-walker-hill","tag-walker-hill-vineyard","tag-winemaker-emeritus"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2521"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2524,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521\/revisions\/2524"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenswineguide.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}