Hossein Namdar came to

California in 1978 and went

to school at USF in San

Francisco and obtained a

degree in Theology and

Philosophy. In 1982

he was hired by Moet

Chandon (Domain Chandon)

in Yountville, California

where he became a vineyard

technician specializing in

grafting. After three years,

he was transferred to work

at their cellar.

 

At the same time he attended

UC Davis. In 1986 he became

partners with Domaine

Chandon whose CEO at that

time was John Wright.

They purchased a 214 acre

vineyard on Lakeville Highway

in an area now known as

Petaluma Gap. The newest

AVA in the US. By 1995,

ninety acres of Pinot Noir

grapes were planted

with Dijon clones.

 

In 2005 they bottled their

first vintage under the label

“Robert Goyette” who was

also his partner and joint

winemaker. They worked

together as team and

combining their expertise

they started Stephen Vincent

Wines and Robert Goyette

brands.

 

In 2014 the two brands

where sold and in 2017 they

launched a new brand

called Avid. Over the years

of growing Pinot Noir and

making Pinot Noir Wine

from Avid Vineyard they

have come to realization

that the style that

represents our ethos of

winemaking for the past

twenty years is to appreciate

what California’s terroir

contributes to Pinot Noir,

and combined with

Burgundian winemaking

practices.

Alberto Lataliste

restaurant business in the

US.

 

Born and raised in Buenos

Aires, Argentina, he moved

to the US in 2001where he

co-founded Gaucho Imports,

a premium wine import

business based in San

Francisco, CA. He developed

an Argentine, California,

Spanish & Chilean wine

portfolio with his partner

and subsequently imported

the wines into the US market.

 

He then placed the wines

into distribution working

with distributors

throughout the US and

developed different sales

and marketing programs to

bring the wines

into market.

 

He also developed private

label & control brands for

national key accounts &

distributors. Also he was

responsible for all aspects

of distribution management,

including the setting and

monitoring of pricing

levels, programming,

allocations, inventory par

levels, logistics, and

shipment & depletion goals

for all markets & states.

 

In 2012 he moved to Miami, FL

where he started working

forBlends Inc, part for

 Alejandro Bulgheroni

Estates as the Director of

 South American Brands and

 also as the U.S. Southeast

 Manager being in

charge of MD, DC, VA, GA,

NC, SC, & FL.

 

At the end of last year he

decided to move back to his

beloved Marin County in

California. He now lives in

Novato, CA and is the

National Sales Manager

for Avid and Acoya wines.

Alberto Lataliste is a

Bilingual Senior Sales

executive expert with over

18 years of experience in

luxury wine sales and the

Ron Cantrell

A NATIVE DETROITER RON

 CANTRELL, BUSINESSMAN AND

 ENTREPRENEUR, HAS ALWAYS

 FOLLOWED HIS PASSIONS AND

HIS MYRIAD OF VIRTUES.

 

RON HAS ACTED UPON ON HIS

 PASSION AND LOVE OF WINE.

HE HAS ALWAYS HAD A

 FASCINATION AND ADORATION

 FOR TRAVELING TO

CALIFORNIA AND ON ONE OF

MANY INCREDIBLE TRIPS TO

THE BEAUTIFUL STATE - AN

IDEA WAS SPARKED. RON SET

OUT TO THE HILLS AND

FARMLANDS OF WINE COUNTRY

 TO FIND A WINEMAKER

CAPABLE OF MAKING HIS

UNIQUE VISION COME TO

 FRUITION. AFTER MANY

MEETINGS, HE FINALLY MET

 HOSSEIN NAMDAR AND HE

WAS ABLE TO ENVISION WHAT

RON HAD SOUGHT OUT TO

CREATE; AMAZING WINES FROM

 THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER

 APPELLATIONS.

 

RON HAS SEEN THE LOVE AND

 EXPERTISE THAT HOSSEIN

PUTS INTO HIS PROFESSION OF

 OVER 4 DECADES. HE HOPES

TO KEEP THAT LEGACY OF

 WINEMAKING, PASSION, AND

 CREATIVITY ALIVE IN THIS

NEW AGE OF GRAN-VINO

WINES. THIS WINERY AND RON

 WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH NEW

AND SPECIAL EXPERIENCES

FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.