Nancy Maestri Celebrates a Decade at Chatham Hill Winery

Now that is dedication! On March 29th, Nancy will be celebrating her 10th year at Chatham Hill Winery. Her extensive wine knowledge, humor, and sweet smile keep ‘em coming back for more.

We are so blessed to have Nancy as a part of our family here at Chatham Hill and she is certainly an invaluable asset to our operation. With this special day approaching we wanted to share a few tributes to our Nancy from a few of our club members. I will publish them over the course of the month, but you can also read some we published on our newsletter by using THIS link. The following is from long-time members Lisa and Jeff Price.

Lisa and I have been members of the Chatham Hill Winery Wine Club since 1999 so we count ourselves among the lucky few who were on board to welcome Nancy when she arrived at the Winery in 2002.

Throughout our unique experience as members of the CHW Wine Club, we have had the opportunity to become acquainted with nearly everyone who has worked there. All have been special to us and won places in our hearts as friends but none more so than Nancy. Her outgoing personality and knowledge of CHW’s wines endear her to us even more each time we visit the Winery.

The Winery, itself, has been, and always will be, a special place in our hearts where we have made many new friends. We feel this way because the wines are special, the people who visit the winery are special and the staff is special. We delight in getting to know each new member of the staff and allowing them to get to know us, especially the wines we enjoy.

As our own fascination with wines has grown over the years, so too have our friendships with those who helped to expand our knowledge and appreciation for fine wines, who helped us to travel boldly forth on a wine excursion we hope will last for years. Mark Twain said it best, “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness.” Encouraged by Nancy to travel the Chatham Hill Wine Trail and explore the many different wines we found along the way, Lisa and I discovered our prejudices against some wine varietals evaporated as Nancy convinced us to try one new wine after another.

We have learned the combination of a crafty and knowledgeable winemaker and a friendly steward who knows her wines and knows how to convey that knowledge to customers, can help people overcome their prejudices toward certain wines.

So here’s to Nancy, who teaches all who walk through the doors of Chatham Hill Winery, to follow the advice of Thomas Jefferson, “Good wine is a necessity of life for me.”

Chatham Hill Winery is where to find good wines, good friends and good times! Thanks Nancy for 10 wonderful years!

~Jeff and Lisa