Christian Garvin graduated UCSB in 1996 and was quickly disappointed to discover that demand was "soft" for Communications majors with minors in Sports Facilities Management. Having worked in restaurants since his early days in New York, Christian jumped at the chance to join his college pal who was working at the Fess Parker Winery in Los Olivos. After a raucous harvest spent living in a trailer with two other cellar rats and a vineyard dog, the future was set. He teamed with the Assistant Winemaker and together they launched the Kahn Winery, known for mind-blowing Syrah and a joint venture with the Frank Sinatra Foundation called "Cab Frank." After seven years he was looking for a new challenge that presented itself in the form of an abandoned tire shop in downtown Santa Barbara. Today he produces the Oreana label, devoted to Pinot Noir, Syrah and micro-batches of Sparkling Wine, at what was once called Cellar 205 and is now Oreana Winery and Marketplace. Mr. Garvin is also a frequent contributor to Barron's, writing on the subject of investing in wine, automobiles and luxury goods, despite owning none himself. And is the author of the upcoming book “A Field Guide to Buying and Drinking Beer in Santa Barbara County.”

Barry & Donna Goldfarb - Every business needs someone to rely on. For Oreana we found that partner in Bel Air Vineyards, owned by Barry and Donna Goldfarb. Offering business acumen, financial guidance and fatherly advice, the Goldfarbs have incubated Oreana since its conception. The Goldfarbs, in turn, rely heavily on the tenacity and sage wisdom of Judy Koyama (pictured) who orders one hell of a lunch...

Danny "Hacksaw" Miles - Assistant Winemaker/Production Manager Here's a kid who knows how to solve a problem, hence the nickname. Ask him to press 12 tons of Cabernet by hand beginning at midnight? No problem. He'll bring the coffee. Or maybe the Sailor Jerry rum. Inquire if he's ever traveled to Asia? Pour another dram, you'll be listening for a while. Got a flat tire? He can inflate to 32 psi with his own lungs. If he hasn't hit you up for a smoke in the past ten minutes.

Ashley "Panda" Byron - Retail Tasting Room Manager Pandas can be fierce, they are bears after all. Same is true for our tasting room manager, so watch out. Much like her South Asian compadres, the former is how they start out. But cross one of these wild mammals and all hell breaks loose.

Dawnielle R. S. Burich a native of Ojai, California, graduated in March of 1999, from the University of California at Davis with a degree in Viticulture and Enology. She began her winemaking career as an assistant winemaker for Testarossa Vineyards, Los Gatos, California, working in the old winery where the brothers of the Sacred Heart Novitiate made wine during the first half of the 20th century. It was in this forgotten wine cellar with so much winemaking history that Dawnielle realized working with wine would always be her passion. Her arms were constantly elbowed deep in pinot, syrah and chardonnay all the year round and she had the purple fingers to prove it! Dawnielle later returned to her home town and began to work for Sunstone Vineyards and Winery as the assistant wine maker. It was there where she had her first taste of the Côte Rôtie style of winemaking when she helped to produce a Syrah that was co-fermented with the white grape, Viognier! She was hooked. In 2002, Dawnielle moved on to Fess Parker Winery, again as the assistant winemaker. In 2003 Dawnielle became engaged to her future husband Jeffrey A. Burich and it was then when she realized that this was the year to produce her first private vintage of wine so she may share it with all of her family and loved ones on their wedding day. With help from Fess Parker Winery, this became a reality and in the process, Bag End Cellars was born! Bag End Cellars officially opened in January of 2005 and continued creating their wines in the Santa Ynez Valley until just recently when they were graciously welcomed to the local Santa Barbara hot spot, Cellar 205, in June of 2007, that is now Oreana Winery.         click here to visit

	John Bargiel . . .