Inaugural Releases from Patent Wines

Patent Wines is the brainchild of two California wine industry veterans, Tom Rinaldi and Eric Risch.

Rinaldi was the founding winemaker at Duckhorn, a role he filled from 1978 to 2000 during which he brought the merlot grape and the Duckhorn name to worldwide attention. He went on to establish and nurture such wineries as Pellet Estate, Provenance and He…