Producer Information
Piña Napa Valley released their first commercial wine from the 1979 vintage. Piña in Spanish means “fruit of the pine”. Four brothers: Davie (the face of Piña for numerous winery owners), Larry, Ranndy & John (unfortunately John passed away in 2017) own the winery; they are 6th generation Napa Valley residents and farmers. The only other Napa winery run by four brothers that we know of is Buoncristiani Family Winery.Both their maternal and paternal sides of the family have extensive history in California and the Napa Valley in particular. Their great-great grandfather Bluford Stice traveled with General George C. Fremont to California in a wagon train from St. Louis, Missouri in the mid 1850s. Bluford settled in Napa Valley in 1856. A tribute to his family name still lingers in Stice Lane located just south of St. Helena. Interestingly enough, Bluford’s son Lafayette owned vineyards in Napa Valley and was also a winemaker at what is now Martin Estate and at Inglenook Estate. And the Pina’s are related to the Wagner’s (Caymus Vineyards) through marriage.
