I woke up to the sounds of heavy winds pounding against my bedroom window.  I woke up to a cell phone with no service, yet dozens of missed calls and texts from my wife, still at the hospital where she works midnight shifts as a nurse.  The messages simply read, “Are you OK!?” I woke…

The Story of our J Cole Blend And the One Named Celebrity of Healdsburg James and I are often asked why we didn’t name our company Blanchard Brothers Wines, instead of Blanchard Family Wines. After all, we are the sole founders and owners. However, we know in our hearts that from the beginning there has…

It’s quite frequent when I host a tasting somewhere, that someone asks how we started a winery while I was still in the Air Force. I tell them, “We didn’t start a winery despite me being in the Air Force, we started a winery because I was in the Air Force.” It’s a story with…

Tales from the Cellar “Tales from the Cellar” is a series of stories, musings and observations by the Blanchard Brothers, that we would like to share with our fans. We have built our company, our success and our continued dream on such stories. Whether it be guests that come visit our tasting room, or new…