Since Fernando Candelario moved to the Napa Valley in 1984, he’s been all about vineyards. And grapes. And magic. He's followed in the footsteps of his parents Jose and Anita Candelario who have been working in the vineyards of the Napa valley since they arrived from Mexico in 1979.

T-Vine¹s founder, Greg Brown, discovered him—and, after 10 years of working side-by-side, asked his trusted Cellar Master to take on the role of Winemaker. Fernando said what anyone would: "This is a dream come true for me”. (We’re pretty sure he also said things like “Hell, yeah” and “OMG”, but this is, after all, a biography.)

Fernando has a true passion for capturing the purity, the flavors and that unmistakable Napa-ness in his wines. One sip of his complex and intense wines and--well, that’s pretty darned obvious.