The House of 00
Founded in 2015 and offered at Michelin-starred restaurants around the world, our wines taste like the places they are from: exceptional parcels of micro climats in Burgundy, Champagne, and the Willamette Valley.
The House Philosophy
We eschew trends. We don’t make fashionable wines. We don’t have a chef, or a tasting room, or a gorgeous vineyard view. Instead, we practice the radical act of making classical wines, with technical craft and skill, with the finest fruit, rare oak and the best natural corks available in the world.
We are the Savile Row of wine. Like expert tailors, we care only about the excellence of every line and curve that you feel when you taste 00 Wines. Wine, like fabric, has texture. We pay attention to finely knit tannins, and lacy refined mouthfeel.
In a world where brands build cultures, we understand that you already have your own personal taste that you have developed over years of discernment. Our offering to you is our work, in a bottle. We don’t build a brand world for you. We want our wines to become a part of a world that you have created for yourself.
The House Heritage
00 "Double Zero" wines was founded in 2015 in the Willamette Valley of Oregon based on a singular radical premise: Chardonnay is the future of this region.
Today a small team of craftspeople makes the wines in Oregon and France, alongside partners in Burgundy and Champagne. No tasting room, no wine club. Small lots, sold direct, until they are gone.
The House History
From one valley in Oregon to Burgundy and Champagne.
- 2015
Founded in Carlton
Chris and Kathryn Hermann start 00 Wines with Chris’s father, Dr. Richard Hermann, on one premise: Chardonnay is the future of the Willamette Valley.
- 2016
Champagne
A partnership begins with Julien and Sarah Launois of Champagne Paul Launois, a grower house in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger. The 2016 vintage is the first release.
- 2017
Burgundy
Chris makes a single barrel of Corton-Charlemagne, the first Burgundy vintage. Maxence Lecat joins and makes the wines alongside Chris through 2018.
- 2022
Two continents, one team
Maxence returns to lead production in Oregon and France as Director of Global Winemaking.
- 2023
100 points
Jeb Dunnuck scores the 2021 Richard Hermann Cuvée Pinot Noir 100 points.
- 2024
Grand cru
Bâtard-Montrachet joins the Burgundy range with the 2024 vintage.
- 2025
First in bottle
Jasper Morris MW tastes the 2024 Bâtard-Montrachet in bottle at Château de Bligny, the first critic to do so, and scores it tied for top of the appellation for the vintage.
- 2026
Recognition
In May, Decanter names 00 Wines among Oregon’s defining old-vine producers. VinePair names 00 Wines a finalist for Winery of the Year in its Next Wave Awards.
The House Ensemble
Chris Hermann
Founder and Winemaker
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Chris grew up in the Willamette Valley and spent more than 35 years as a lawyer for the wine industry. He wrote The Law of Wine – Oregon and guided Tualatin Vineyards through its merger with Willamette Valley Vineyards.
He makes the wines and chooses the vineyards they come from, working with Chardonnay and Pinot Noir in the Willamette Valley, Burgundy, and Champagne.
Kathryn Hermann
General Director
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Kathryn comes from a family that has lived in the forests of Maine for generations. After a first career in technology, she returned to her roots, living and working in nature.
She runs the winery's operations and oversees the brand, packaging, creative work, and sales strategy. She is also an avid hand knitter, making pieces for the winery from handspun and heirloom wool.
Maxence Lecat
Director of Global Winemaking
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Maxence is a French-born oenologist with a master's in viticulture and oenology from Dijon, mentored in Burgundy by one of the region's great white-wine makers.
He first made the wines with Chris in 2017 and 2018, and rejoined in 2022 to lead production in the Willamette Valley, Burgundy, and Champagne. He lives in Baden, Germany, with his partner and two daughters.
Felipe Ramirez
Vineyard and Pinot Noir Consultant
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Bio coming soon.
Beth Schomp
Assistant Winemaker
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Bio coming soon.
The House Locations
We make our wines in the regions where the grapes are grown. We live in the Willamette Valley, Oregon, and in Beaune, Burgundy, and travel among our winemaking facilities throughout the year for harvest, élevage, blending, and bottling.
Willamette Valley
Where 00 Wines began. Pioneers of Black Chardonnay in Oregon, with each wine bottled under the name of its vineyard: Seven Springs, Shea, Hyland, Chehalem Mountain, Koosah, Royer, and Stardance.
Burgundy
The birthplace of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Made at Château de Bligny-lès-Beaune with Guillaume Lafon and Pierre Meurgey.
Champagne
Radically terroir-driven Grand Cru Champagne, made with Champagne Paul Launois.
The House Craft and Materials
None of it is a bargain. All of it is in the glass.
Fruit
We own no vineyards, so we choose the best farmers. Every grower we work with farms biodynamically or organically, and we pick when the fruit is ready.
Oak
Barrels from Tonnellerie Damy in Meursault, seasoned outdoors for 24 to 36 months and toasted over fire, by hand, to our specification.
Cork
Whole natural cork from Aquitaine Liège, a family-run house outside Bordeaux. Every batch is lab-tested and sorted twice, by machine and by hand.
“This is about pushing Chardonnay to its capacity and giving Pinot its voice in a place like Oregon.”
Chris Hermann
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