Theresa Heredia brings extensive experience with cool-climate Pinot Noir and Chardonnay as well as small lot, single-vineyard wines, to her position as winemaker for Gary Farrell Winery. She specializes in Pinot Noir  and Chardonnay from some of the top vineyard sites in the Russian River Valley and Sonoma Coast and is  guiding the evolution of the Gary Farrell Winery house style while maintaining the signature elegance, balance  and bright natural acidity. Theresa joined Gary Farrell Winery in 2012 and was previously at Joseph Phelps’ Freestone Vineyards on  the Sonoma Coast, where her Pinot Noir and Chardonnay brought the winery significant critical acclaim. 

Theresa has a hands-on, Burgundian perspective with her winemaking, having worked in France at Domaine  de Montille. She trained with renowned winemaker Craig Williams at Freestone and at Joseph Phelps Vineyards  in the Napa Valley, after starting her career as an enologist for Saintsbury. Theresa was a Ph.D. candidate in  chemistry with an emphasis on enology at U.C. Davis, before leaving to follow her calling as a hands-on winemaker.  She has a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.