Apr 7, 2017 | Uncategorized, Winemaker Stories
When Dick Handal pours his Venturi Family Blend of Syrah and Petite Sirah and explains, with a slight Brooklyn accent, that he started making wine during his thirty eight years in South America but bought his first vineyard in Northern California in the Asti area of...Mar 24, 2017 | Winemaker Stories
Bret Munselle is a grape grower and his family has grown grapes for as long as anyone in Alexander Valley can remember. They have also grown prunes, other crops and had a dairy farm, but in the 1970s returned to the wine grapes that had been the ribbon that wove two...Mar 8, 2017 | Winemaker Stories
Tom and Katie Parmeson were living in Houston where much of their family is from when they began enjoying wine. Actually, Katie did while Tom stuck to beer until one day they decided to taste some very good wines. And, then they invited friends over to bring more...Mar 2, 2017 | Uncategorized, Winemaker Stories
Susan Arbios, a former archaeologist transplanted to Healdsburg, had no intention of ever being in the wine business nor did she ever dream about scuba diving and could have cared less about marriage. Then she met Bill Arbios and now is a married, scuba-diving...