Our Story

There is a Greek proverb that says, “Eat and drink with your relatives; do business with strangers.” 

The folks at Quigley Family Wines are happy to eat and drink with everyone… and already forgot the second part of the proverb.  

The family team consists of brothers, Patrick and Jack, along with father, Jim. Patrick is the family winemaker. Jack and Jim are avid wine enthusiasts (read: wine drinkers), and share Patrick’s passion for creating an approachable California wine label.  

Patrick’s journey into winemaking began at Washington State University with a degree in Viticulture and Enology, but his greatest lessons were learned after transplanting to the vineyards of Napa Valley. Pruning, pulling trellis wires, planting vineyards, and learning the irreplaceable lesson that there is no short-cut to quality. One needs to work from the ground up to get the most out of their vineyards and the wines they produce. A winemaker needs their hands in the soil, and their boots in the cellar. Time spent abroad in New Zealand, Argentina, and South Africa, along with experience under Philippe Melka in California, taught him that a low-input approach in the cellar will yield the greatest amount of complexity in the bottle.

Philosophy

Our goal each year is to produce singular wines of aromatic purity, texture, and freshness. With a nod towards the Old World we achieve this through the inclusion of stems in our red fermentations, little new oak, and native yeast fermentations when the season allows. Any dogma around our winemaking is thrown out the window apart from a light-hand with sulphur additions. This philosophy allows each vineyard to become the center piece of the finished wine. Our hope is that you find our wines not only vibrant young, but worthy of age.

We are excited to invite you along for an exploration of California’s landscape. Purchase Here.