07/22/2026
People often ask me, "What's it like to grow up in a family winery?" The honest answer? It's normal, just like any other childhood, until you realize it isn't.
I, along with my family, grew up in the middle of the vineyard—and the winery was just steps away from my doorstep. It was our playground (I have three younger sisters) and we had fun tramping around the vines and the tanks, always curious what was going on. Some kids have monkey bars and swings, we had a hillside we would slide down in the spring on huge cardboard sheets. We had the perfume of harvest from ripe grapes to fermenting wine. We had sunsets that were incredible, setting over Dry Creek Valley to the west of our home. And sometimes our family dinners were interrupted with a salesman making his last call or a customer wanting to buy wine for their own table that night.
My family has farmed this land for 99 years. Four generations have worked together through good harvests, difficult harvests, economic highs and lows, changing tastes, and changing times. (Tell me about it!)
What has never changed is our belief that great wine begins here and the greatest pleasure we get is you enjoying a glass of Pedroncelli wine, at dinner, with friends, enjoying a beautiful sunset.
Today, as we celebrate our 99th anniversary, we invite you to raise a glass with us. Thank you for being part of our story and for helping us carry this family tradition forward.
