Get to know Rich →

A California native born in Burlingame, Rich has lived throughout the state and finds great joy and fulfillment living and working in beautiful Napa Valley. Early on Rich had a passion for wine and food. While attending California State University Fresno and working in restaurants to pay the college bills, Rich took a wine appreciation class that inspired a lifelong passion for wine. His enthusiasm for the wine industry and its people is as robust today as it was the first day his wine career began. The wine industry has taken him all over the world.

Rich has been immersed in family owned wineries from Napa Valley to Paso Robles, Spain and France. Rich worked for Robert Mondavi Winery and Opus One for 15 years, Justin Vineyards and Winery for 10 years, and two other family wine businesses before his good fortune brought him to Turley Wine Cellars as General Manager. Rich enjoys the passion and the dynamic energy of family wineries; working with charismatic wine visionary entrepreneurs is a study in future success and a vast learning experience, as you never know how tomorrow is going to unfold. Rich is at his happiest when he is near the vines and co-workers who share his passion for growing and making outstanding wine.

Get to know Tegan →

Tegan shares Larry’s passion for old vine vineyards and the wines they painstakingly produce. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Public Health from Sacramento State in 2001, Tegan got his start in the wine business as a lab technician at Napa Wine Company, supplemented by night classes in Viticulture & Oenology at the Napa Junior College. Tegan began his Turley career as Vineyard Manager in 2003, working under winemaker Ehren Jordan for a decade. Additionally, Tegan has had the privilege of working for Doug Wisor at Craggy Range in New Zealand, Alain Graillot in the northern Rhône Valley, and Eben Sadie in Swartland, South Africa. Between his travels and rigorous vineyard duties, Tegan began gradually taking on more of the Turley winemaking responsibilities as well, eventually becoming head Winemaker & Vineyard Manager in 2013.

A founding member of the non-profit Historic Vineyard Society, he now oversees the winemaking and vineyard duties for all 50 vineyards and wines.

Get to know Christina →

The oldest of Larry’s four daughters, Christina spent summers growing up working beside her father in the winery. She moved to New York to attend Barnard College at Columbia University, and graduated in 2006 with a BA in Art History. After a brief stint at Matthew Marks Gallery, she buckled down and finally got serious about wine, becoming a Certified Sommelier with the Court of Master Sommeliers and passing the WSET Advanced program with Honors. She became entrenched in the NYC restaurant scene and eventually worked her way up to become the beverage director for the Momofuku Restaurant Group. After 8 years in New York her father finally guilted her into returning to her roots, and following a temporary period as a sales representative for Chambers & Chambers Wine Merchants, Christina joined Turley full time in 2010. She has since been named to both Forbes' "30 Under 30" and Wine Enthusiast's "40 Under 40."

Get to know Karl →

The upcoming 2022 harvest will mark Karl Wicka’s 30th vintage in California and 29th in Paso Robles. Karl has spent more than half his life immersed in the grape growing and winemaking cycles, going from crush worker at Woodbridge winery in Lodi to 8 vintages in the cellar at Wild Horse in Paso Robles before landing at Turley. He has now helmed Turley’s winemaking in Paso Robles for 20 vintages and counting, landing 3 wines on The Wine Spectator’s top 100 list, an accomplishment unparalleled in the region. When he’s not in the cellar or vineyard, Karl enjoys cycling, surfing, gardening and Dodgers baseball.

Get to know Nick →

Originally from southern New Mexico—not far from where the atomic bomb was detonated, which may explain a lot—Nick has been an Amador local since the sixth grade. After a brief stint in San Francisco, he returned to work the bottling line at Renwood, and was pulled into cellar work after only a week. There he took a shining to winemaking, and soon became cellar master. After receiving his degree in Fermentation Science from Fresno state, where he was also the president of the Oenology Society and worked part time at a wine store, he parlayed an internship at Benovia in the Russian River Valley into a full-time gig as Oenologist & Assistant Winemaker. Searching for an opportunity to head back up to Gold country, Nick joined Turley as Assistant Winemaker in Amador in 2013, and was promoted to Winemaker a short time later.

Get to know Mike →

Mike only somewhat jokingly refers to his journey in the wine industry as an example of the proverbial blind squirrel finding an acorn. After graduating from American University in Washington, DC, he dreamed of being a professional rugby player (some might argue those were delusions of grandeur), or settling into a more practical career as an attorney.

Working in Legal Affairs for the Discovery Channel, however, he fell in love with wine, and that was that. He inexplicably never played rugby professionally, but longstanding connections from the game did lead Mike to his first harvests in St. Emilion with Clos Cantenac and later at Drayton’s Family Wines in Australia’s Hunter Valley, with the latter being his first experience working with truly old vines and witnessing firsthand the stark difference in the quality of wines they produce.

A chance encounter back home in Austin, Texas, with a winemaker from Beaulieu Vineyards brought him out to Napa Valley to work at the historic winery. He eventually made his way to the rocky slopes of Keever Vineyards in the hills above Yountville. Working there by day, he enrolled in night courses at Napa Valley College studying advanced chemistry, oenology and viticulture. Mike joined Turley in the spring of 2013, drawn in no small part to its singular portfolio of California vineyards, an experience which also immediately brought his winemaking philosophy into sharp relief. Mike was promoted to Assistant Winemaker in St. Helena two years later and continues to be staggered by his good fortune.

Get to know Brennan →

While on an academic trip to Mexico, Brennan saw his first winery and something “clicked” with the Psychology/Anthropology student. He soon supplemented his curriculum with horticulture classes at Kansas State University, eventually landing employment at a (perhaps the only?) Kansas winery. This being a rather small, pioneering operation –and, ahem, in Kansas—Brennan did everything himself: winemaking, vineyard management, lab work, even sales. Eventually tiring of working only with hybrids in the harsh continental climate, he sent his resume out to California with sunshine and Vitis Vinifera in his sights. Turley snapped him up, and he’s been an intrinsic part of the team in Paso Robles since 2001.

Get to know Ned →

St. Helena Vineyard Manager Ned Horton joined Turley in 2020, having managed organic vineyards in Sonoma County's Dry Creek Valley since 2009. Before persuing viticulture, Ned worked in wine production as a cellar hand and lab technician in the Russian River and Dry Creek AVA's, starting in 2005. Food and wine have been a constant thread in Ned's life from beginning in high school when he worked in restaurants in his hometown of Nantucket, MA. For many years Ned has been fascinated by the elegant simplicity of Turley's approach to wine production and is gratified to now be a part of Team Turley.

Get to know Allison →

Born in Tokyo and raised in an Italian household in Northern California, a curiosity for far-off places and a respect of land and tradition were central in Allison’s upbringing. While studying International Relations at UC Davis, a thirst for knowledge (and wine) arose which led her to neglect her “real” studies to re-trace maps of the wine regions of the world. She threw herself wholeheartedly into the hospitality industry after college, joining the Selland Family Restaurants in 2010, working at Ella, The Kitchen, and eventually as part of the management and wine buying team for the Sacramento based restaurant group.

Allison’s Turley career began in 2013, managing the then newly-opened Amador tasting room. She served on the Board of Directors for the Amador Vintner’s Association from 2016-2018, and was promoted to Direct-to-Consumer Operations Analyst for Turley in 2020, and again to Operations Manager in 2022. Allison is grateful to work with a team that shares her values of organic farming, honoring tradition, and preservation of California’s history. During her free time, Allison can be found renovating her Gold Rush era home, tending to her garden, and spending time with family.

Get to know Malani →

Malani’s family have been residents of the Central Coast for 4 generations. Since most of them worked in various fishing industries, Malani’s entrée into the glamorous world of food & wine was peeling shrimp by hand as an 11-year-old child. She was ecstatic when, the following summer, she was promoted to the “squid squad.”

Soon, however, Malani realized she preferred the company of (some) folks to that of fish, and worked in restaurants until landing at Wild Horse Winery in 1992, where she eventually managed their tasting room. After an additional stint schlepping local wines for a distributor in the area, she joined Turley in Paso Robles nigh the moment they opened, in February 2001. She is a strong believer in Turley’s goals of preserving their old vines and enriching the land through natural farming practices, as it in turn supports the local communities of her ancestors!

Get to know Meredith →

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Get to know Fiona →

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