Wowing the Wine World

Wowing the Wine World Jesse Katz is Bullish on Bordeaux

By Dena Roché

Oenophiles know that fine wine gets better with age. If that holds true for winemakers, Jesse Katz will be wowing the wine world for a long time to come.

Katz’s love of wine was instilled at an early age. While other tween boys played baseball with their dads, Katz’s father, famous photographer Andy Katz, let Jesse tag along as he went to wine countries around the world. Exposed to winemakers and great wine from Tuscany to Burgundy and beyond, Jesse Katz gained an appreciation and passion for many wines.

Katz is bridging the Old World and the new, crafting Bordeaux wine in Sonoma Valley. The now -year-old atz was the first winemaker named to orbes 0 under

Photo by Aperture

0 and was honored by Wine Enthusiast as a Top 0 under 0. atz is the owner and winemaker for Aperture Cellars and Devil Proof and consulting winemaker for The Setting. atz’s wines have achieved a cultlike following, sold through an exclusive list with an upwards of a two-year wait to get your hands on certain vintages.

“These wines are like my children.”

“I am truly proud of everyone I have ever put into a bottle. I wouldn’t have released the wine if I weren’t. Favorite? Whatever is in my glass, I guess!”