[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 76 (Friday, May 6, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E461-E462]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          HONORING DAVID RAMEY

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                           HON. JARED HUFFMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 6, 2022

  Mr. HUFFMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today along with Congressman Mike 
Thompson, in celebration of David Ramey, who is being honored with a 
Lifetime Achievement Award from the Sonoma County Vintners Foundation 
for his exemplary contributions to the winemaking industry.
  Mr. Ramey's 43-year career in Napa and Sonoma, including as the 
founder and owner of Ramey Wine Cellars, is most distinguished by his 
stewardship of artisan winemaking techniques.
  Mr. Ramey graduated from the University of California at Davis in 
1979 with a thesis on

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volatile ester hydrolysis that is still used today to understand the 
evolution of aroma in wine. Upon graduation he joined the Moueix family 
at the renowned Chateau Petrus and spent 23 years helping establish a 
number of wineries including Matanzas Creek, Chalk Hill, Dominus 
Estate, and Rudd Estate. He and his wife Carla moved to Healdsburg and 
founded Ramey Wine Cellars in 1996 where they helped shepherd a new 
California benchmark winemaking style using indigenous yeasts, sur lies 
aging, and whole-cluster and malolactic barrel fermentation. Mr. Ramey 
is passionate about the wine industry and continues to provide his 
expertise to colleagues through consulting work and as Chair of Family 
Winemakers of California.
  Madam Speaker, David Ramey's long-time contributions to the 
winemaking community have shaped the way that many wines in the United 
States are made today. Therefore, please join us in congratulating 
David Ramey for decades of inspiring work in the wine industry and this 
Lifetime Achievement Award.

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