Some people think we look like sisters. Gracias.
We’re a mother daughter duo like the Gilmore Girls but with more drinking, swearing, and tattoos. Making wine since 2012 and kicking butt for longer.
People have been telling us “No” our whole lives. No, you can’t say that, No, you can’t wear that, No, you can’t do that. Our response to that is Yeah, watch me. Sometimes it’s easy to get caught up in this idea that it’s a man’s world or we have to play by men’s rules but it’s not and the only rules we have to play by are our own. Haters be warned.
So, we’re making our own way building the women run winery and restaurant we’ve imagined where we build each other up more than we tear each other down, cooperate over competing, give everyone the space to shine and together we all reach greater heights. Our team continues to grow with strong, smart, driven women and there is no glass ceiling for how high we can reach.
Wine has this reputation for being stuffy but you don’t need a PhD in being condescending to enjoy it. It’s for all of us. Wine is water for the people. If you wanna talk about the science of wine we’ll talk your ear off #forscience and get our nerd on! But at the end of the day it’s just grapes. All you have to do is get it in your mouth and decide if you like it. Everything else is details.
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CEO/Founder/Winemaker/Sommelier/Badass Babe/Mom
Born in The Land of the Midnight Sun into a family of entertainers I learned to dance before I could walk. Surrounded by glaciers that scraped the sky, crystal blue waters and the occasional bear my stage was set for an epic story. Summers blossomed under perpetual crepescule on my grandfather's homestead in Soldotna bathing in the light of an endless shower of stars, skipping stones and fishing salmon in the Kenai while the adults sipped the apple wine my grandfather made in his bathtub. I've hopped frieght trains, hitchhiked with blues legends, smuggled exotic reptiles, rubbed elbows with a Dogón priest, entertained an exiled count and built a women led winery from a dream and a lot of elbow grease in my paternal family's native country. Some other things happened too...(like this one time in a bar with Timothy Leary in northern California and you'll never guess how I got this scar 😉) So, here's #32 on my list for loving wine: Sometimes wine is intimidating like learning Korean but at the end of the day if you're getting it in your mouth and you like it, you're doing it right. Everything else is details.
COO/Advanced Sommelier/Chef/ Overachiever/Badass Babe/Daughter
Born a fully grown woman with a cigarette in one hand and a tumbler of whiskey in the other, my first words were, "What kind of oak was this aged in?" I grew up having wild adventures with swashbuckling pirates, escaped convicts and shamans hitchhiking and time traveling through the universe. I've sang for my supper, cooked for royalty, drank wine with monks from thousand year old vines and was even the runner up in a drag beauty contest. You can read all about it in my tell-all autobiography A Choose Your Own Adventure for only $19.95 but first let me tell you about this wine that's gonna spark your imagination and engage your senses. This wine is a bit of a chameleon. She starts off with notes of wild tarragon, pink grapefruit and pith then as she warms up she reveals notes of warmed french apple tart and Japanese poached pears. Who am I? #whoamI #winefacts #truth #basedonreallife #chooseyourownadventure
Hospitality/Content Creator/Writer/ Badass Babe/ Famiga
Raised among miles of pages bursting with stories in my parents bookstore I developed a hunger for books devouring them at an addict's pace. With words I could transform my world from the everyday to the extraordinary until I was old enough to seek out adventures of my own. From the eternal sunshine of San Diego to Cuban street food to tango dancing in Argentina until I met the love of my life here at El Corcho Rosa at that table right over there. Let's see... in a life or death writing situation you definitely want me on your team, I love mystery novels (I'm even writing one eek!) so feel free to bring me any mystery novels you're done with 😆😆 Maybe you've heard my husband and I are rescuing every stray in Baja or maybe it just feels that way sometimes like when we're fostering three packs of puppies that we have to keep separate from our normal packs... Soooo, how many puppies can we send you home with today? I hate talking about myself so tell me everything. Let me be your librarian immortalizing your mythology in carefully chosen verse. Have I introduced you to my best friend La Rebelde? She pairs with all my moods.
Hospitality/Sales/Babass Babe/Family
Introducing one of the newest additions to our team and we're so pleased to have another badass babe join us at our women led winery.
Prep-Cook in Training/Dishwasher/ Cosmetologist/Badass Babe/Mom
Introducing one of the newest additions to our team and we're so pleased to have another badass babe join us at our women led winery. Smart, quick, determined, tenacious, creative and brave this young lady is just starting her story.
Cellar Rat/Handyman/Assistant
Joining our team in 2014 and becoming an invaluable member of our Valle Girl Vino family. From garden and ranch maintenance to cleaning and sanitizing wine equipment Anchi jumps in where we need him and is always quick to lend a hand
Join us at El Corcho Rosa to celebrate our upcoming harvest, the release of a new wine, and badass body art! Visit in comfort and strut your stuff in our shaded, open-air tasting garden surrounded by our cooling misting system.
Dear Friends, we are proud and excited to announce the evolution of our brand of wines. I started Valley Girl Wines back in 2012 with a burlesque style logo which we affectionately referred to as Read more…
My wine consultant/oenologist, Sergio and I do not always see eye-to-eye. He’s amazing, don’t get me wrong. He’s a young, dynamic winemaker from Mendoza, Argentina and I’m fortunate to have him on my team. He’s Read more…
