19 Years Service at Yorkville!

Greg Graziano has been our consulting wine maker since our start. He is a third generation Mendocino County winemaker. In the mid 1970's Greg attended the University of California, Davis* to study viticulture and enology. When he was only twenty-two Greg became a founding partner and winemaker of Milano Winery in Hopland, California. While he was winemaker at La Crema in the mid 1980's his wines were served at The White House and at the Moscow Summit. In 1988 Greg and his wife, Trudi, established their own winery. Under the name, Graziano Family of Wines, they now have four highly acclaimed brands: Domain Saint Gregory, Monte Volpe Vineyards, Graziano and Fattoria Enotria.

Greg has special talents with blending techniques. His experienced palate enables him to particularly enjoy the challenge of achieving higher standards each vintage for our proprietor's blends: Richard the Lion-Heart (red blend) and Eleanor of Aquitaine (white blend). *UC Davis is the premier school in the United States for wine and vineyard education. Further information is available at UC Davis at http://wineserver.ucdavis.edu