Memento Mori was founded through a strong friendship between Hayes Drumwright, Adriel Lares & Adam Craun. Hayes and Adrial met while in high school when living in Alvin, Texas. Hayes attended Boston University where he met Adam as freshman while both were on the swim team. All three became very close friends. While at college and only 21 years of age, Hayes … [Read more...]

Roy Piper Wines. Roy grew up in Orange County (spending time in Yorba Linda and Newport Beach) and graduated from Cal State Fullerton with a degree in psychology. After college he went into finance and worked for American Funds. During his time here he would often treat clients to fine meals; one of his favorite restaurants was Checkers located in downtown … [Read more...]

LEVY & MCCLELLAN was founded in 2004 by long time Napa winemakers and husband and wife, Bob Levy and Martha McClellan. Bob is a 4th generation Californian who grew up in Culver City (Los Angeles County). He remembers the first time he was introduced to wine - at age 17 by a brother-in-law - bottles became something he could collect, and he started doing so. … [Read more...]

Smith Devereux. The story of this winery begins with co-founder Ian White. Early in his professional career he was a writer working for Lonely Planet - at one point covering 28 states in an RV - describing his experiences as "a million first dates but never getting a kiss". Such is the life of the avid explorer and guidebook writer - always seeking … [Read more...]

ARNYCA Cellars was founded by Steve Distler and Luis Pettinato. Steve was born and raised in New York City; his first introduction to wine was while in graduate school at the Rochester Institute of Technology (where he earned his master's degree in education). Later he taught history for 3 years at The American Sign Language and English Secondary School in … [Read more...]

Witchery Wine was founded in 2009 by Gordon Larum and his partners, Richard & Dawn Hawthorne and later joined by Patrick and Marie Carpenter. Gordon (Gordy as he is called) was born and raised in St. Helena - his father moved the family to the Napa Valley after he took a job as the Director of Purchasing at Robert Mondavi Winery and later at Opus One. After … [Read more...]

Colgin Cellars was founded by Ann Colgin in 1992. Ann was born in Waco Texas, graduated from Vanderbuilt University in Nashville with a degree in art history and later earned an M.A. from New York University. After finishing her undergraduate studies, she moved to London to work for Sotheby's. Her introduction to wine came at Sotheby's - through a variety of … [Read more...]

JACK Wines was founded by two partners, former major league baseball teammates Chris Iannetta and Vernon Wells. Despite both of their careers overlapping for a very short time while playing for the Los Angeles Angels they became friends through a mutual interest in wine and rehabbing together from injuries suffered during the 2011/2012 baseball season. For … [Read more...]

Fine Disregard Wine Co was founded by Mike Schieffer and Kara Maraden - both came to the Napa Valley drawn to wine from previous careers, Mike from Texas and Kara from Pennsylvania. Mike graduated from American University in Washington, DC and worked for the Discovery Channel - exploring a possible career in law, but then was bitten by the wine bug. His … [Read more...]