Leonetti Cellar

About Us:

Many of you may know that Leonetti Cellar was founded by my parents in 1977 as Walla Walla's first commercial winery.  What is far less understood is that the presence of our family in Walla Walla spans over a century long into the deep silt loam of this valley.

My father was incredibly fortunate to know his grandparents, Francesco and Rosa Leonetti quite well, although I did not, their spirit was imbued within me throughout my entire childhood.  I grew up making weekend and summer trips the short distance down the old dirt road to the Leonetti farm they established in 1906, the same site where my father would come to plant his first commercial vineyard in 1974.

My great uncles George and Bill Leonetti eventually became the tenants, caretakers and inheritors of this precious plot of family ground.  Through these trips and time spent with my uncles, I acquired a certain perspective and reverence for our family heritage that guides me to this day.