After spending much of the 90s in Portland, Oregon, pursuing my own brand of twisted food photography, I moved to Healdsburg to create a unique winery. Why wine? For me, it was a natural choice. In the early 70s my grandparents retired to a small town north of San Francisco. They sought a simpler life and my grandfather, Frank Johnson , devoted his golden years towards the cultivation of grapes. Most of my childhood summers were spent on his vineyards, playing hide and seek or riding four-wheelers with my younger brother, Morgan. I simply fell in love with wine and the vines, so after my grandparents both passed away, I felt an impulse to leave Portland behind to fulfill Frank Johnson's dream of building an extraordinary family winery on his land.
Of course, if I were going to pick up and go, and throw my heart and soul into this vast undertaking, I knew that not only would the wines have to be of incredible quality, but the winery would have to reflect a certain playful and adventurous spirit. It had to be a living, breathing artistic endeavor. My goal was to cultivate a snob-free, approachable wine culture that would appeal to people like my friends who had always assumed the grapestuff was too esoteric and exclusive. And I believe we have succeeded in creating incredible wines for those people who resonate with our passionate and free spirited approach. Roshambo has always been about a brazen spirit, a sea change, a new wine culture, and most importantly… You! I hope you enjoy the wines and can sense not just the craftsmanship and nuances of the flavor, but the personality imbued in each bottle.
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