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Raised at his father’s Ravenswood Winery, Morgan was exposed to wine
and wine tasting at an early age. Morgan began making small lots of Pinot
Noir at 5 from fruit given to him by the Sangiacomo family. Motivated by
the best wines of Domaine Dujac, he began experimenting with whole
cluster fermentation, different types of French oak, and various
ripeness points. Vino Bambino Pinot Noir, as the wine came to be known,
was made from 1986 to 2001 and has been featured on the wine lists of
Craft, Gramercy Tavern, Blue Hill (which featured the original 1986),
Delmonico’s, Aureole, and Mesa Grill. While doing undergraduate work at Vassar (whose founder was a brewer
of all things), and graduate work at Columbia University, Morgan worked
as a wine buyer and salesperson for Arlington Wines and Liquors in
Poughkeepsie, and Chelsea Wine Vault and Pet Wines in Manhattan.
When not working for Bedrock Wine Company, Morgan is a manager of
his family’s Bedrock Vineyards in Sonoma Valley, and is a member of
Sunbreak Vineyard Services L.L.C, a vineyard management company run by
Diane Kenworthy and Robert Burney. He has also passed the prestigious
Master of Wine exam and upon successful completion of the dissertation
will become one of the less than thirty American M.W.’s.
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