Parducci

Parducci Wine Cellars is a winery in Mendocino County, founded in 1932. Its story began in 1912, when 16-year-old Adolph Parducci stowed away on a steamer bound for California, dreaming of owning vineyards and a winery. By 1918, he had settled in Cloverdale, growing grapes and making wine on the family’s small vineyard. In 1921, he bought a ranch in Ukiah, where the family spent weekends planting vineyards and building the winery over the next eight years. The winery was bonded on August 1, 1933, and John Parducci became its head winemaker in 1940. John was inducted into the Culinary Institute of America’s Vintner Hall of Fame in 2012.