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Mark Lyon

Founder and winemaker of Eco Terreno Wines in Alexander Valley, Sonoma County, and former longtime winemaker at Sebastiani Vineyards.

Oct 5, 2026

JamesHOST
4:39
Getting
4:40
your skills.
4:41
So, James, what happened is first job, I was just a lab tech in the Central Valley and realized that's not where I want to eventually go.
4:53
live and then I was offered a really wonderful internship in New Zealand and they were happy because they wanted winemakers with technical degrees there to help them with their Burgoyne industry at that time and then I got homesick and realized I wanted to come back and I wanted to live in a place that I really enjoyed and had an affinity to and wasn't out in the boonies.
5:27
So I went to Sonoma County.
5:30
I was offered a full-time position at Sebastiani Winery and proceeded to move up the ranks and learn everything from bottling to cellar to how to pump wine, etc.
5:48
to lab work.

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PamHOST
12:44
Give me a little 411.

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