Julie Schreiber
Winemaking consultant
Winemaking is often a kind of controlled chaos. Whether you’re launching your first label or refining a program that’s already humming, there often comes a moment when you ask yourself: Should I bring in a consulting winemaker? It’s a smart question. A winemaking consultant can provide technical depth, sensory perspective, and strategic guidance needed to …
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. The Magic and Mysteries of Mushrooms An edible, culinary, and ecological journey into the fascinating world of fungi Mushrooms are everywhere — from the gourmet plates of fine restaurants to the shaded floors of deep forests — yet …
Wine, Success, and Trusting Your Taste Buds Podcast conversation with Olivia Atkin I recently had the pleasure of joining Achieving Success with Olivia Atkin for an honest conversation about wine, career paths, and what success really looks like in a highly sensory industry. As a consulting winemaker, I’ve spent over two decades working with grapes, …
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 Celebrating Fall Fungi: Five Ways a Healdsburg Chef Brings Wild Mushrooms to the Table Fall in Northern California signals the return of wild mushrooms—an annual rhythm shaped by rain, oak woodlands, and patient foragers scanning the forest floor. In a recent Press Democrat feature, Healdsburg-based chef and mushroom forager …
Fascinated by Fungi? I talked with Gordon Walker recently. Inside the World of Wild Mushrooms & Fine Cooking with Chef Julie Schreiber If you’re fascinated by the intersection of gastronomy, wine, and foraging, the recent Fascinated By Fungi Live interview with Chef Julie Schreiber delivers exactly that — an enlightening conversation that blends culinary craft …
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: Exploring Candy Caps with Forager Julie …
I’ve been a winemaker for over twenty years. Here is a short list of mentions of my wine and food on the internet:
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 …
