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Winemaker Interview and Tasting: Nova Cadamatre

August 15, 2022

I can’t tell you how excited I was when I opened my box from Naked Wines and Nova’s Snowshell Riesling was in there waiting for me!

I’ve been honored to interview her before – she is one of the women in the wine world I follow and learn from in my wine journey. I was thrilled when she accepted my offer to do a video tasting and talk about her upcoming wine projects.

Please watch and enjoy! If you want to taste along and get a bottle or two or her wine from Naked Wines click here: you’ll support up and coming winemakers around the world (= a good thing!)

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About Nova Cadamatre MW

A winemaker with a wide and diverse background, she has worked with some of the top vineyards in the Napa Valley including To Kalon, Vine Hill Ranch, MacDonald, Detert, and Hyde Vineyard.  In 2015, she started her brand Trestle Thirty One in the Finger Lakes of NY and in 2020 added Snowshell Vineyards to her portfolio. She currently goes back and forth between Napa and the Finger Lakes to manage both her CA projects and her projects in NY. She specializes in French and Germanic varieties and is most excited about helping clients take their wines to the next level in quality through her consulting.

In 2017, Nova was the first female winemaker in the US to achieve the title of Master of Wine.  She has been named to Wine Enthusiast’s Top 40 under 40 list and has numerous 90+ scoring wines to her credit from both coasts. She has spoken for Bloomberg Financial and the Cornell Entrepreneurship Conference among numerous industry presentations and keynote speeches including ASEV, the Unified Symposium, BEV-NY, and The Vintage Report in Napa.  

Nova holds a BS in Viticulture from Cornell University graduating in 2006 and a Diploma of Wine and Spirits from the WSET in London.  In her spare time, she writes for several industry publications including the Wine Scholar’s Guild, the WSET, and Wine Business Monthly and continues to pay it forward through teaching WSET and MW courses for aspiring students.

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