Traverso Wines

Traverso Wines
P.O. Box 4204
Davis, California
USA 95617
Phone: 530-759-4900
http://www.traversowines.com/

Contact: Bob Traverso
Email: [email protected]

Our approach to crafting our wine reflects our philosophy that food and wine are complimentary and to be enjoyed with each other.

My wine-making began when I started making wine with my immigrant Italian grandfather and my father in the mid-1960's while I was in graduate school. After finishing graduate school in 1969, I moved to Davis for my first job in city management, and then discovered that the University of California at Davis (UCD) had a whole School of Enology and Viticulture. However, having just started my first job out of graduate school, being married with small kids, and having a mortgage, it was not possible to pursue a degree in enology at that time. So, while working full-time, I took wine-making classes through UCD's Extension Service and continued to make wine at home. After retiring as City Manager of Davis in 1992, I continued to make wine at home, and did management consulting for several years, including serving as the Interim Executive Director for the California Gambling Control Commission in 2000. I then decided that, after 31 years, I had served the public very well and for long enough, that I had enough of politics, and that it was time to pursue my "passion" (wine-making). For years, friends had been suggesting that I should sell my wine In 2001, I decided to do so, and began developing my business plan. In 2002, Traverso Wines started wine-making operations, and released our 2002 vintage wines in 2005.

Winemaker: Bob Traverso

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