Chateau Souverain Winery

Ed Killian joined Chateau Souverain winery as associate winemaker in 1992 from Lambert Bridge Winery in Dry Creek Valley. In his role as associate winemaker, Ed Killian had a strong hand in every aspect of winemaking at Chateau Souverain Winery, and was named winemaker in May of 1996. With 20 years of experience in winemaking in Sonoma County, Ed Killian has developed a tremendous amount of experience with the vineyards that contribute grapes to Chateau Souverain’s winemaking program. Killian owns the philosophy that the most important part of winemaking is learning the characteristics and tendencies of the vineyards. Having worked with the same growing areas—and in some cases the same vineyards—prior to joining Chateau Souverain, from the beginning Killian was able to impart his winemaking skills and philosophy with his grape growers and staff. “At Chateau Souverain we have made tremendous strides in wine quality, and I’m pleased this has been noticed by both the wine press and consumers. The keys have been the maturing of our northern Alexander Valley and home vineyards, locating the best sources for the grapes we don’t grow ourselves, a major investment in state-of-the art equipment and fine-tuning our cellar techniques. Our mission now is to continue to make each wine even better than the last.”

Napa, United States

,

888-717-3400