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A BRIEF TIMELINE
OF ORIN SWIFT
BY DAVE PHINNEY
10 years ago we first opened our doors and invited old and new friends to join us for a drink. This year, we’re excited to invite you next door as we open our expanded and reimagined tasting experience building on all that we’ve learned from the past decade. In a historic bank building in downtown St. Helena, we’ve designed a space to bring you into our world. Thoughtful details and raw materials compliment four new tasting experiences: Rock, Paper, Scissors, and The Vault. From casual to curated, our new tasting room is the perfect introduction to OSC, and the only place for ride-or-die fans to enjoy personalized deep dives.
+ Meets wine—falls in love.
1996 — CALIFORNIA (USA)
+ Dave heads back to the States.
helps plant a vineyard.
– First wine: sucks.
1999
+ Second wine: much better.
2000
+ More attempts, more wine. Dave mixes a bunch of the good stuff together to produce his first big hit: The Prisoner.
+ Realizes it’s better to be lucky than good.
2001
+ Slaps a dime on a bottle of cab (heads).
Government said it was OK—have the fax to prove it.
– Knot: tied it.
2003
+ Has a daughter.
2004
+ Has a son.
2006
+ Knot: challenged.
2007
+ New Release: Papillon. A “long story,” according to Dave—basically
named by his daughter.
2008
+ Prisoner: the wine label Dave sold.
+ In Prison: the guy who bought it.
2010
+ New Releases: Abstract and Machete. Re: the name “Machete”: Dave’s not a bad guy,
but the man who’s now in jail—see above—was trying to screw him so
Dave wanted to fucking destroy him… at the time.
2014
+ Dave opens up an official Tasting Room in St. Helena.
+ Stops running illegal tastings out of the office.
2016
+ Orin Swift begins (they hope) a lifelong partnership with the Gallo family. None of the Gallos are or have ever been in prison.
+ Son: taller than Dave.
to go on the road.
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