Our Story
Melissa and Glenn grew up in rural East Texas. Glenn worked with his family farming tomatoes and other vegetables, raising cattle and hogs. Melissa was raised in a large family where time spent at the table was everyone participating, and everyone contributing to make the meal.
They met in 1974 while attending college. Often a date for them was Melissa preparing dinner with only a hibachi grill and toaster oven at her dorm. Glenn would bring a bottle of wine.
Wine Paradise
After twenty years in the business world, with kids in college, they decided to continue exploring their love of food and wine. Visitors to Sonoma County since 1985, they loved the vineyards and wines, but also the dairies, beef cattle, cheesemakers, bakers and all other types of farming. For them, Sonoma County was food and wine paradise. In 2001 they bought a farmhouse and 9 acre old vine zinfandel vineyard and started a new life in the Russian River Valley.
Sustainable Farming
Over the years, Glenn has sustainably farmed more than 30 premier vineyards in Sonoma County. He understands exceptional vineyard sites and focused farming techniques are the building blocks for all great wines. Spending the season among the vines is the foundational knowledge vineyard needed to make the difficult decisions. Some examples include decisions about when to pick, fermentation temperatures, oxygen levels in the must, and tannin extraction. All these efforts promote the most fragrant aromatics, the richest texture, the deepest flavors, and the freshest and most long-lasting finish.
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