Greg Graziano is Albertina Wine Cellars's consulting winemaker. The wines are made at Greg's production facility in Redwood Valley, CA. Greg is the owner of Graziano Family of Wines and has a tasting room in Hopland, CA.

Greg is one of the more talented winemakers in California. He attended the University of California, Davis to study viticulture and enology. He was the winemaker at La Crema in the mid-1980's and has helped establish several Mendocino County wineries.

Fred and Greg discuss the aspects of making Albertina wines very special. Each year, Fred and Greg taste the fruit in the vineyard and decide when to pick. The fruit clusters are allowed to hang on the vine for the longest possible time. The grapes are hand-picked into small tubs at the peak of ripeness. The grapes are crushed and fermented on the skins until dry so that all the flavors and deep colors are extracted. The wine is then pressed and aged for 20 months in small oak barrels of French, American and Hungarian wood. This combination of barrel types produce a unique flavor of wine. 40% of the barrels are new with the remainder being neutral red barrels. The wine has now been bottle-aged at least 12 months. Since the wine is not over-oaked, and ripe clusters were picked, the wine has a fruit-forward flavor with soft tannins, deep colors and aroma, and loads of beneficial phenols. The wine is drinkable immediately. Thanks to Greg's talents and effort, the wine is delectable and engaging.