“WHAT WITH HIKING, BIRD WATCHING, mushrooming, wine making, gliding and theater-going, Cathy Corison is a woman of varied and consuming interests.”
–Frank J. Prial, New York Times Magazine, September 8, 1991
“Cathy Corison is a national treasure.”
- Hugh Johnson, Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book
“WHAT WITH HIKING, BIRD WATCHING, mushrooming, wine making, gliding and theater-going, Cathy Corison is a woman of varied and consuming interests.” –Frank J. Prial, New York Times Magazine, September 8, 1991 Wine Critic Eric Asimov highlights “six producers who make glorious wines by following their own muse…The Corison wines are both of a time, and timeless.” -Eric Asimov, The New York Times, March 13, 2023 We are so honored to be on The California List, “a list of the top Californian wine producers – estates renowned for their quality, fame and overall impact in the UK – as chosen by a five-strong panel made up of writers Jancis Robinson MW and Stephen Brook, wine buyers Sarah Knowles MW and Mark Andrew MW and chief executive of the Court of Master Sommeliers Europe, Ronan Sayburn MS.”Peter Dean, www.the-buyer.net, March 25, 2022 Jordan Mackay introduces Cathy Corison as one of “five movers and shakers, setting the standard for modern North American wine”. “Cathy Corison… has achieved viral fame and influence by being decidedly anti-viral. Her secrets to success – beyond winemaking skill – are focus and integrity.”Jordan Mackay, Decanter Magazine, September 2, 2021 “A one-off Napa Cabernet blend comprising equal parts of the best wines from four of California’s most famous female winemakers is to be offered to UK buyers today. Called ‘In Concert’, the blend features wines from Cathy Corison, Dawnine Dyer, Rosemary Cakebread and Diana Snowden Seysses, using fruit from the 2019 vintage from their respective wineries: Corison Winery, Dyer Vineyard, Gallica, and Snowden Vineyards.”Patrick Schmitt, thedrinksbusiness.com, 29 June, 2022 In her recent article, California to Rival The World, winewriter Anne Krebiehl, MW, notes, “authenticity and sense of place are the cornerstones of fine wine.” She talks about Napa’s historic vineyards, including Corison’s Kronos Vineyard and To Kalon Vineyard, noting “California, in tune with global viticulture, has turned its attention back to its soils, its land, its territory.” Anne Krebiehl, MW, Falstaff Magazine, March-June 2022 “…if you’re going to buy these wines, I recommend buying them in multiples of three. Drink one if you have to in the next 2 years, drink one between 5 and 7 years later, and save the last one for 10 years or more. You can thank me later.”Alder Yarrow, vinography.com, August 25, 2021 …the wines we were drinking came from superstar producers — two bottles each from the Ridge Monte Bello estate in the Santa Cruz Mountains, Cathy Corison in Napa Valley and Inglenook, also in Napa… Great producers often find a way to coax loveliness out of the most difficult situations. Each of them succeeded in this tasting.Eric Asimov, The New York Times, February 16, 2021 “‘Nevertheless, she persisted,’ is how I think of Napa’s Cathy Corison. Under her own label, she’s made elegant cabernets, even when cult cabs got the buzz.”Elin McCoy, Bloomberg, July 1, 2020 Lettie Teague reviews the 2016 Corison Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon in this article about classic wines. “Other wines I’d readily deem classics include the Napa Cabernets made by Cathy Corison — beautifully balanced wines that only improve over time… This subtle, polished and notably low-alcohol (13%) Cabernet is a shining star in the Napa firmament.”WSJ.com, January 30, 2020 Cathy Corison – nominee for Outstanding Wine, Spirits, or Beer ProducerThe Mercury News, March 27, 2019 “Later this spring, Corison will release the 2015 vintage of Kronos Vineyard, marking her twentieth vintage. Corison Kronos Cabernet is notable in the Napa Valley in that it reflects a single producer with the same owner-winemaker working with the same site for more than 20 years… There are remarkably few single-vineyard Napa Valley bottlings with a history to rival that of Corison Kronos Cabernet.” -Elaine Chukan Brown for jancisrobinson.com, 12 Mar 2019 “Cathy Corison is my heroine. She makes such great wine – the essence of Napa Valley minus the bludgeoning force, plus a sensible price tag. And I love the 2010s.” -Jancis Robinson, interviewed by Ray Isle, Food & Wine Magazine, October 2014 “…try a Corison cabernet sauvignon. Better yet, try 25 vintages in a sitting… it was clear to me in tasting these wines that Corison is among the greatest producers of cabernet sauvignon in Napa Valley today. These were fresh wines of great balance and elegance that spoke clearly of their place and vintage, and were remarkably consistent in character through a quarter-century. They possess the capacity to age and become more complex, integrated and eloquent with time. Best of all, they demonstrate plainly that Napa cabernet can speak transparently and persuasively in a pure, restrained voice without artifice or bombast.”Eric Asimov, New York Timesimes.com, March 19, 2015 Cathy Corison – nominee for Outstanding Wine, Spirits, or Beer Professionaljamesbeard.org, March 14, 2018 “Cathy Corison has been practicing balance at her Napa winery for nearly 30 years.”Oz Clarke, Decanter Magazine, January 14, 2017 “Cathy Corison, one of Napa Valley’s most thoughtful winemakers, planned it from the start: ‘I’ve held wines back for re-release since the very beginning, 30 years ago,’ she says. ‘I knew the wines would age because of the long, distinguished history of the Cabernets grown on benchland between Rutherford and St Helena…’ ‘The wines go through a series of peaks and valleys with something to offer all along the way.’”Anne Krebiehl, Decanter Magazine, December 2016 “‘This is how integrity tastes,’ I found myself concluding as I tasted through 25 years of Cathy Corison’s efforts to express what she thinks her little patch of Napa Valley can say. In addition to meaning honest and upright, integrity means wholeness and completeness, and both definitions apply to Cathy’s wines individually, and as a group of 25 vintages.”Alder Yarrow, vinography.com, June 27,2015 “Corison’s wines have consistently eschewed the fads of the moment in favor of an abiding commitment to classical balance.”William Kelley, Decanter, May 2016 “A voice of restraint in a land of ‘look at me’ wines, Cathy Corison has been single-handedly championing elegant, fresh, lower alcohol California Cabernet at her eponymous winery since she launched her own label in 1987.”Lucy Shaw, thedrinksbusiness.com, 14th March, 2016 “There’s been a recent uptick in female winemakers in California, but Cathy Corison of Napa’s Corison Winery is one of the originals: she’s been crafting elegant, critically acclaimed cabernet sauvignons for three decades… Her two iterations of the (cabernet) – a Napa Valley entry and a site-specific Kronos Vineyard bottling – consistently show depth, power, and that signature restraint. Other wines from Corison include a Napa cabernet franc under the Helios label and a cabernet rosé and sassy Anderson Valley gewürztraminer labeled Corazón. All are standard-bearers in their class.”Colman Andrews, thedailymeal.com, August 2017 Wine & Spirits Magazine recognizes Corison Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon as one of the most popular wines in America’s most popular restaurants of 2018.wineandspiritsmagazine.com, April 2018 Betsy Andrews interviewed Cathy Corison for the SevenFifty Daily – and then reached out to many of her peers. Cathy is honored by their kind words.Betsy Andrews, daily.sevenfifty.com, July 30 2018 In this in-depth interview from March of 2022, Chris Cottrell of Bedrock Wine Co. talks with Cathy Corison, covering all areas of her work and life, including an early memorable wine enjoyed with Milt and Barbara Eisele in the late 1970’s (a ’61 Chambertin-Clos de Bèze). On 15 March, 2022, Cathy Corison sat down with Michelle Mandro to talk about being a woman in the wine industry, ending the interview by answering some fun, light-hearted questions. Meredith Griffin and Lou Zant talked history and wine with Cathy in this March 2022 podcast. “One sniff of wine from Cathy Corison, our 2011 Winemaker of the Year, and you’re instantly reminded what Cabernet truly is.”Jon Bonné, San Francisco Chronicle, December 1, 2012 “And I must give special credit to the 1989 Corison. Cathy Corison’s production is small, but her 1989 is surely the single most beautiful expression yet of Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. It is a study in what can be achieved when everything is right.”Gerald Asher, Gourmet, June 1993 “Winegrower Cathy Corison might just produce the best Cab out of Napa Valley, period. It’s a bold statement that she lives up to by producing artisanal Cabernet Sauvignon that speaks of place and legacy, sourcing great benchland vineyards between Rutherford and St. Helena in the Napa Valley.” alisterpaine.com, February 12, 2014 On 16 April 2020, Cathy Corison and Antonio Galloni chatted. They talked about our estate Kronos and Sunbasket vineyards, and answered participants’ questions. They spoke about this year’s current releases as Cathy tasted the 2016 Corison Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon and Antonio tasted the 2016 Corison Kronos Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon. Cathy Corison joined wine-writer Elaine Chukan Brown’s conversation with Jasmine Hirsch, GM and winemaker at Hirsch Vineyards, in April of 2020. Cathy Corison enjoyed talking with Doug Shafer in early September 2018, a few weeks before the grapes started to roll in! Christian Oggenfuss and Cathy Corison talk shop in this 2018 interview. Jeff Davis interviewed Cathy Corison about her top 100 wine in this 2017 interview. Levi Dalton interviewed Cathy Corison in 2015.