Vincent Arroyo Family Winery was founded by Vincent Arroyo. One day, while thumbing through the San Francisco Chronicle in the early 1970's, Vince discovered a farming property for sale just north of a small town called Calistoga, CA. Always feeling more at home with the land than in the Silicon Valley working as a mechanical engineer, Vince was immediately intrigued with a more "rural" lifestyle and decided it was time to make a change.
After purchasing the 23 acre property in 1972, he began to transform the existing prune and walnut orchards into what exists today. In the beginning, he sold all the grapes to the Napa Co-Op but Vince soon began making a little wine and eventually released his first commercial vintage for Vincent Arroyo Family Winery in 1984.
After purchasing the 23 acre property in 1972, he began to transform the existing prune and walnut orchards into what exists today. In the beginning, he sold all the grapes to the Napa Co-Op but Vince soon began making a little wine and eventually released his first commercial vintage for Vincent Arroyo Family Winery in 1984.
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Library Wines
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Every year, we stash several cases of each of the wines we bottle away in our cellar into what we call our wine LIBRARY. Year after year, we carefully store these wines. In late April of each calendar year, we sneak back into the cellar in an attempt to make the difficult determination as to which wines are ready for re-release and which wines could age for additional years.
Forest to Barrel
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In 2016, the barrel cooperage, Tonnellerie O, launched a Master Cooper Program that was the first of it's kind. The program offers participating winemaker's a complete forest-to-barrel experience where they explore the oak forests of France with the Master Cooper of Tonnellerie O and seek out the highest quality trees that would showcase their individual wines.
Futures Wines
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Buying Futures refers to purchasing wine that is still maturing in barrel OR wines that have been just bottled but not yet released for pick up or shipping. Each year, we invite our Standing Order members and past Futures buyers to visit and be the first to taste the newest vintage, straight out of barrel.
Vineyards
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The Greenwood Ranch is where it all began when Vincent and Marjorie bought this ranch in 1972. At the time, the property was planted in mostly prunes, walnuts and a few grape vines. Vincent, with the help of the Greenwood neighbors, replaced the prunes and walnut orchards with wine grapes. These original plantings were varieties popular at the time such as Napa Gamay.
Standing Order Membership
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We have a very special idea of a Wine Club at Vincent Arroyo Family Winery - you design your own "allocation" each year. We then reserve those wines for you each year, and you can change that reservation at any time, so every year you get exactly the wines that you select. To become a standing order customer, you must order wine online, purchase wine in our tasting room, or call us to make a purchase.
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