Reynoso Vineyards

In 1994, Joe and Elena Reynoso were happily pursuing careers in Chicago:  Joe in proprietary derivatives trading, Elena in fine wine sales.  Joe had grown passionate about wine during his many years as a wine collector, and had been searching for vineyard property in California for about five years. Finally, in 1994, he found a 550 acre parcel fronting the Russian River in the Alexander Valley that became Reynoso Vineyards.  Over the next seven  years,  an extensive planting program was instituted, the property became a working vineyard, and Joe and Elena found themselves drawn to both hands-on farming (meaning their hands), and to eventually making their own wines from the fruit on the estate.  They began their odyssey into the wine business in 2001, when Elena quit her job and began managing the vineyards.   Dipping her toe into winemaking, she started experimenting with the varied characteristics of our different vineyards during that harvest, improving her knowledge with each successive vintage. Over the last seven years our passion for making balanced and extraordinary wines has only grown.