We are fueled by the possibility of discovering something new. It’s in our heritage, and in our DNA. We are here to make wine our way: without compromise. To create something exceptional.
Our Founders
When Arpad came across the coffee table book, Fatal Harvest: The Tragedy of Industrial Agriculture, it literally changed his life.
After briefly considering a long-line swordfishing career in his home state of Maine, Michael headed west to California, where restaurant work piqued his interest in winemaking.
Peter began his adventures in wine as a teenager, suckering and tying vines and driving irrigation tractors during summers in the vineyard where his father grew grapes for Napa Valley wineries.
Our Team
For Alex Beloz, a college apprenticeship in Siena, Italy was the beginning of a love affair with wine culture that persists to the current day.
Winemaker
My great-grandfather played minor league baseball in the Pacific Coast League. My grandfather played football for USC, Army and the first pro football team on the West Coast. Me? I crushed it in little league.
Production Director and R&D Winemaker
After a failed education in Baking and Pastry arts, I was inspired by a more useful kind of fermentation—of grapes. Balthazar, Hemingway, and Jimmy Buffett's "Tin Cup Chalice" all brought me to where I am today.
Regional Sales Director - East
I have an overdeveloped ability to nickname my family's outfits. Examples? Comfortable Sea Monster, Detective in a Mid-sized City, Custom Cabinets, Janice.
Experience Director
Everyone calls me “Guapo” (handsome).
Cellar
I'm a cellar worker. I'm the assistant to the assistant of the assistant. I top barrels, rack wines and fill barrels. My favorite part of the job is during harvest, when I prepare yeast for fermentation.
Cellar
As a baby I crawled backwards first. I learned to rock climb blindfolded while sabering a bottle of Champagne...ok, not together but they did happen.
Grape Nut
I was suspended from preschool.
Your New Best Friend
I’m from Rockford, Illinois, just like Cheap Trick. And I play the violin. The two are not related.
Regional Sales Director - West
Some of my favorite things include hiking with my dog Harper, cycling classes, and a glass or two of bubbly on the weekends. Maybe not all at the same time but I wouldn’t be opposed to trying…
Direct to Consumer Coordinator
I rode my bicycle across the country twice, once from Oregon to New York City and another time from Calgary Canada to the Gulf of Mexico over the rockies.
Glass Half Full Specialist
I like to change lyrics to popular songs and sing them to my Pomeranian, Ginger. Like “Sweet Ginger-Pie” to the tune of Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline,” and “Ginger Gee” based on Grease’s “Sandra Dee.”
Customer Relations Director
My brother worked in a winery and would bring wine home. Sometimes I would steal a bottle to share with my friends. We didn’t like the taste of wine, so we would mix it with soda. I’ve come a long way.
Cellar Foreman
I love my Pitbull Lillian and fine art in the form of tattoos.
Accounting & Sales Associate
I spent part of my childhood running around on my great-grandparent’s vineyard; you could say wine is in my blood!
Director of Finance & Operations