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Humble Beginnings

Ben Papapietro pressing wine in his garage winery in the 1980s.
Using a hand corker, Renae Perry inserts a cork into a bottle of Papapietro Perry wine during the <i>garragista</i> years.
Bruce Perry and Ben Papapietro during their <i>garragista</i> years of winemaking. Don’t they look happy!
Ben and Yolanda Papapietro’s daughters helping to press out the wine. Is that a Tupperware strainer?
The winery staff – Ben Papapietro, Renae Perry, Ben’s two young daughters and Bruce Perry, with Yolanda Papapietro taking the picture.
Ben Papapietro and Bruce Perry with a couple of the temporary cellar workers.  Thank God for good friends!
The Papapietro Perry wine cellar, a.k.a. Ben Papapietro’s garage. Those were the days!
An early bottle of  Papapietro Perry Zinfandel, circa 1987.

Our toolkit for success contained a garage, good friends, some old equipment, great enthusiasm, a burning passion for wine and a lot of humor. With those tools, some incredible Sonoma County grapes and the love and patience of our family and friends, we built Papapietro Perry Winery, one vintage at a time.

We were also younger, our hair was darker, we might have been a tad thinner and the wine was still a work in progress. Enjoy this journey into our past.

Peace
Renae, Bruce, Ben & Yolanda

Papapietro Perry Winery 4791 Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg, CA 95448  |  Phone: 707.433.0422  |  Toll free: 877.467.4668 (877.GO PINOT)