Dutcher Crossing’s winemaker, Kerry Damskey, a graduate of Cal-Davis, is one of the most respected winemakers in the Napa-Sonoma area. Kerry has specialized in small lot wine production over the course of his 28-year career, and is known for his abilities to find the best vineyards for each grape variety, to develop innovative fermentation methods for small lot winemaking, and to taste grapes and wines with a most discriminating palate throughout the winemaking process.

Kerry Damskey is a candidate for the institute of the Masters of Wine and a multiple winner of the prestigious Sonoma County Wine Sweepstakes Award.

Dan Glover, originally from Rochester, New York, moved to California at age 22 and was involved in various aspects of the music industry throughout his twenties. It was in San Francisco that he became interested in wine and after several visits to wine country decided that at some point it would be nice to live there. When he actually moved to Sonoma County, there weren’t any jobs within the music industry so he chose to learn winemaking. He worked at Clos du Bois Winery in Alexander Valley where he learned various important cellar responsibilities. During this time he took winemaking classes at Santa Rosa Junior College and would ask a lot of questions at the winery. After two harvests there, Dan moved on and spent a few months at Alexander Valley Vineyards where he was educated about the chemistry of wine which inspired him to take a laboratory class at UC Davis. When an assistant winemaker job opened up at Armida Winery, he jumped at the chance and took the job in June, 2000. During his tenure at Armida, he learned what it took to be a winemaker and worked diligently at achieving that goal. Now at Dutcher Crossing, Dan takes care of all the in-house winemaking duties.