Foolhardy Vintners

Jonathan Edelman and Dan Sogg of Foolhardy Vintners When Jonathan Edelman and Dan Sogg met years ago as freshmen at Bowdoin College in Maine, they never imagined they would one day own a winery together.  Although they both grew up in wine drinking families, their path to owning their own winery was a long and twisted one.  Jonathan became a Michelin restaurant chef, and also spent twenty years in the technology world.  Dan worked at wineries in France, spent a decade writing for the Wine Spectator , and still works for a cooper in Burgundy.  The first vintage of their own Foolhardy Vintners brand was 2016, and they opened a tasting room in downtown Walla Walla in March 2025.  The tasting room is in the historic McDonald Seed and Stable building dating from 1905.  Dan and Jonathan have spent their lives drinking mostly old-world wines, and this experience has influenced their palates and wine style.  Their goal is to make food-friendly wines that are

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