In 2015, they started making wine at home on a very small scale using leftover grapes from anyone that would let them go in and pick. By 2017 they had 3 tiny vintages of wine, but lost their entire home in a Northern California firestorm. In one night, almost their entire neighborhood of Coffey Park was lost — which was over 1,400 homes.

They lost everything, including all of the wine that they had just bottled (about 8 cases).

In 2019 they rebuilt their home better than ever and moved back into their neighborhood with their 3 big dogs; Buddy, Vader and Luke.

During that time, Nikki had completed her Certificate in Winemaking from UC Davis and had saved enough gratuities from being a wine educator to purchase their first official grapes. They convinced Joe Ramazzotti of Ramazzotti Wines in Geyserville, CA to sell them 1/2 ton of Sangiovese in 2019 which they helped hand pick. In 2020, they bought again from the Ramazzotti family, but this time a full ton. Sangiovese is not very common in California, so this was a very special arrangement and they are grateful for this relationship with their grower.