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
![Arpad Molnar](/assets/images/contentblock/photos/arpad-molnar.jpg)
When Arpad came across the coffee table book, Fatal Harvest: The Tragedy of Industrial Agriculture, it literally changed his life.
![Michael Terrien](/assets/images/contentblock/photos/michael-terrien.jpg)
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 Molnar](/assets/images/contentblock/photos/peter-molnar.jpg)
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
![Alex Beloz](/assets/images/contentblock/photos/alex-beloz.jpg)
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
![Casey Graybehl](/assets/images/contentblock/photos/CaseyG-Web.jpg)
I play the banjo and as a wise man once said, "A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the banjo and doesn't."
Production Director and R&D Winemaker
![Corey Bunnewith](/assets/images/contentblock/photos/CorreyBunnewith-IAKTXE.jpg)
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
![Douglas Thompson](/assets/images/contentblock/photos/douglas-thompson.jpg)
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
![Felix Nunez](/assets/images/contentblock/photos/Felix_103018-ZALDZL.jpg)
Everyone calls me “Guapo” (handsome).
Cellar
![Gladys Trujillo](/assets/images/contentblock/photos/Gladys_103018-RGVSJH.jpg)
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
![Gwen Larson](/assets/images/contentblock/photos/GwenLarson.jpg)
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
![Hana Sayles](/assets/images/contentblock/photos/HanaSayles.jpg)
I was suspended from preschool.
Your New Best Friend
![Jennifer La Rosa](/assets/images/contentblock/photos/Jennifer_103018_v2-VEGPQU.jpg)
I’m from Rockford, Illinois, just like Cheap Trick. And I play the violin. The two are not related.
Regional Sales Director - West
![José Leon](/assets/images/contentblock/photos/JoseL-web.jpg)
Cellar
![Kelcie Rico](/assets/images/contentblock/photos/Kelcie-web.jpg)
You could say I'm a 'wanderlush'... always looking for my next travel adventure and glass of wine.
Soil Mate
![Lea Butler](/assets/images/contentblock/photos/leabutler_final-ZTINYG.jpg)
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
![Luke Young](/assets/images/contentblock/photos/LukeYoung.jpg)
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
![Mary Rogers](/assets/images/contentblock/photos/MaryRogers-LUXHLH.jpg)
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
![Rene Bolanos](/assets/images/contentblock/photos/Rene_103018-MTBXGP.jpg)
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
![Sarah De Lima](/assets/images/contentblock/photos/Sarah_9L5A0781-ZZGYKN.jpg)
I love my Pitbull Lillian and fine art in the form of tattoos.
Accounting & Sales Associate
![Susan Sueiro](/assets/images/contentblock/photos/SS-Website-RTFQEY.jpg)
I got my start in this business as cashier at my father's cheese shop. I was around seven.
General Director
![Vangie Llanos](/assets/images/contentblock/photos/Vangie-Website-cropped-DVNUJN.jpg)
Not all people from Napa are in the wine business, but I’m from Napa … and in the wine business.
Financial Controller