This article originally appeared in Sonoma Magazine.

When Lise Asimont of Dot Wine learned she’d been named Winemaker of the Year at the 2025 North Coast Wine Challenge, she was stunned.

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As senior vice president of Foley Family Farms, Asimont spends most of her time overseeing nearly 5,000 acres across California, Oregon and beyond.

Yet this honor was for her passion project — Dot Wine, the small Healdsburg-based wine brand she co-founded with her husband, Shawn Phillips, in 2016.

“I’m really just a farmer at heart,” said Asimont, who has a master’s degree in viticulture from UC Davis. “I make wine because it makes me a better farmer. So being named Winemaker of the Year is an amazing honor.”

Asimont, who produces about 800 cases of wine each year under the Dot Wine

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