05/10/2023
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📍🇺🇸 Paso Robles, California
The Parrish family has deep roots in the Paso Robles area. Earl Henderson is David Parrish’s grandfather and was one of the first people to plant in Atascadero pre-Prohibition. In the 1920s, Henderson planted 500 acres and managed approximately 740 acres of wine grapes including Alicante, Charbon, Petite Sirah, and Zinfandel. The Zinfandel cuttings were purchased from the famed Paderewski Ranch. Henderson grew grapes through the beginning of Prohibition and then got into the golf course business. After growing up hearing stories of his grandfather, David Parrish wanted to see if he had the same green thumb. Parrish graduated from U.C. Davis in 1974 and continued his passion for grape growing by founding a vineyard trellising company, A&P Ag Structures. It caught the attention of Napa’s Robert Mondavi and soon Parrish developed and installed trellising for his vineyards as well as for other renown wineries such as Beringer. About two decades later, Parrish wanted to come back to the Central Coast to continue his grandfather’s passion of growing grapes here where it all started. The first vintage was produced in 2004, and today the Parrish family manages more than 150-acres in the Paso Robles area. Truly a family run winery, winemaker David Parrish is often pouring in the tasting room, his daughter and General Manager Cecily Parrish Ray bakes fresh bread in the commercial kitchen and Cecily’s husband, Ethan Ray, is the Cellar Master and Assistant Vineyard Manager working alongside David.
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