My wife and I were skeptical at first given the cult-like following of Orin Swift. But through the stories and labels, Izabella was very knowledgeable and showed the approachable side to the Orin Swift brand and winemaker Dave Phinney.
December 2023
Solid gold experience! Thank you Ian. You were awesome. Super knowledgeable. Amazing history and stories. Dave you're a great man. Keep up the good work.
June 2023
Amazing tasting experience at the tasting room! Ian Seletzky gave the best experience that I have ever had regarding the history of the various wines he poured! Can't wait to come back again!
The history of Orin Swift Cellars dates back to 1995 when on a lark, David Swift Phinney took a friend up on an offer and went to Florence, Italy to spend a semester “studying”. During that time, he was introduced to wine, how it was made, and got hooked. A few more years of university led to graduation and eventually a job at Robert Mondavi Winery in 1997 as a temporary harvest worker. Deciding that if he was going to work this hard, it would eventually have to be for himself, he founded Orin Swift Cellars in 1998; Orin is his father’s middle name and Swift is his mother’s maiden name. With two tons of zinfandel and not much else, he spent the next decade making wine for others as well as himself and grew the brand to what it is today.
