John Schwartz

John Schwartz, owner of the highly acclaimed Amuse Bouche Winery in Napa Valley, has been involved in the wine industry for more than 30 years. He also owns two other wineries in northern California where he has teamed up with industry luminaries such as Heidi P. Barrett, Jim Barbour, Stephen & Ayesha Curry as well as the Sinatra family.

He is a restaurateur with locations in the San Francisco/Napa Valley region, and operates a distillery in Kentucky where he produces world class aged bourbons. His latest venture is a new bourbon co-produced with Stephen Curry called Gentleman’s Cut.

He has lived in France and Japan, and enjoys lecturing about wine in more than 50 countries where the winey has business partners. “One of the greatest joys of making wines is sharing them on the global level and knowing that Napa Valley wines are on par with the world’s best producers.”

Apart from his passion for food and wine, John Schwartz is a founding board member for American Assistance for Cambodia—a nonprofit that supports education and helps builds a future for bright children in this Southeast Asian nation. He is also involved with Village Health Works in Burundi supporting medical care for women across Africa. A graduate from the University of California-Berkeley with a BS/MS in Economics, he converses in Japanese, French and German.

He resides in Napa Valley atop Atlas Peak at his Au Sommet winery property which also produces estate cheeses, truffles, honey, olive oil and white sturgeon caviar.