FOUNDER/WINEMAKER –Louisa Lindquist

Louisa began her lifelong career in wine starting with cellar work at Long Island wineries when she turned 21. Louisa created a college internship with Hargrave Wine Cellars (the first winery on Long Island) in Cutchogue, NY followed by working at Scuttlehole Vineyard, which is now Channing Daughters Winery. Louisa then moved on to working in fine wine retail shops and restaurants, then sales with wine distributers and importers and then winery direct sales.

Louisa founded Verdad Wine Cellars in 2000. Her goal was to make pure, balanced wines from the great cool, coastal vineyard sites of California’s Central Coast. Living in California with it’s Spanish/Mexican heritage was my inspiration to make wine from Spanish wine grapes.  In 2014, Louisa started to work with Cabernet Sauvignon sourcing from Certified Organic vineyards in Paso Robles.