Julie Schreiber
Winemaking consultant
This galette is one of my favourite ways to let my mushrooms shine. It’s a rustic, free-form pastry filled with deeply savoury sautéed mushrooms, gently sweet leeks, a touch of crème fraîche, and two cheeses that bring everything together. The method is simple but intentional. Draw out the moisture from the mushrooms first, then take …
I’m excited to share the podcast I did with the Mushroom Hour. I spend the hour talking about many aspects of my culinary background with cooking mushrooms. Enjoy!
Here is a link to a podcast I did in 2022 with Molly Fowler the Dining Diva. “If you love mushrooms and want to know ALL about them, this is the podcast for you! In this episode I talk with Julie Schreiber – mycologist, chef, and oenologist! Julie has been passionate about mushrooms for almost …
I had a chat with Olivia Atkin recently on the podcast Achieving Success . We discussed being a consulting winemaker. Our chat included some aspects of selecting and tasting wine as a consumer in addition to the challenges of working in the wine industry. Achieving Success with our taste buds with Julie Schreiber Achieving Success …
I have been hired by the Tri-Valley Conservancy to be a consulting winemaker in the Livermore Valley. They created the Wine Quality Alliance. This article in the San Francisco Chronicle discusses the agenda of increasing the quality of the wines and the visibility of the appellation. Let me know if you are interested in learning …
5 recipes as a mushroom forager Exciting to be asked to have a profile written about me in our local Press Democrat newspaper. I have been foraging for over 30 years. During a majority of that time I have been cooking mushrooms for friends, family, and for lots of different mushroom events. People are starting …
Fascinated by Fungi? I talked with Gordon Walker recently. I had a chat with Dr. Gordon Walker of Fascinated by Fungi recently. He has quite a following on Instagram, Facebook, and other social media related to mushroom foraging, identification, and cooking. “Had a great chat with Julie about her culinary, wine, mushroom background. We talked …
Modern forager is the brain child of Kristen and Trent Blizzard. I met them at the 2020 SOMA (Sonoma County Mycological Association) Wild Mushroom camp (https://www.somamushrooms.org/) that I was one of the chefs at in January. Following that, we started a conversation that led to this 90 minute webinar:
At this time of year in my wine-making life I have to inspect old barrels. Not a very romantic job, but important for preparing for harvest in the Fall. Here are some examples of what you don’t want to see. Wine barrel is not water tight Wine barrel leaked after it was filled Broken staves
I’ve been a winemaker for over twenty years. Here is a short list of mentions of my wine and food on the internet:
This is the first time I judged at the Sunset Magazine International Wine Competition. They had so many wines to taste that they needed some extra people to help. I was happy to be included. My panel tasted 28 Chardonnays, 25 Viogniers, 5 boxed white wines, 34 Pinot noirs, and 15 Petit verdot. As described …
Judging in the age of Covid-19 has some new challenges. Here is part of the email I received to update me and my fellow judges on the new protocols we would see. “Upon arrival, you will be invited to wash your hands and then get a temperature check. (protocol spelled by the Health Department) Please …
Trent and Kristen Blizzard of Modern Forager (https://www.modern-forager.com/) first contacted me to be one of the people highlighted in a book about foraging and cooking mushrooms back in January. I just heard that “Wild Mushrooms – the BOOK” is coming out in October 2020. I will have 4 recipes and a short bio in the …
