About Dan Kosta

Dan Kosta, President & Co-Founder

Dan Kosta has over 20 years of experience in the Sonoma County wine industry, specifically as the leading producer of ultra-premium California Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.

A native son of Sonoma wine country, Dan’s lifelong love of food and wine led him to a career in the restaurant industry, utilizing skills learned as a child to navigate through a series of world class restaurants as a backwaiter, waiter, bartender, maître d’, operations manager and finally as wine director at the acclaimed John Ash & Company in the Russian River Valley of Sonoma County. It was there that Dan and his business partner Michael Browne cultivated Kosta Browne Winery in 1997. The success of Kosta Browne Pinot Noir, combined with Dan’s extensive hospitality background, established him as a natural leader in the global wine industry.