Crush of Change [original title]

by Christina Waters

Posted January 21, 2020

“Channel your inner David Bowie and chant along to “Changes” as you consider that after 35 years, there will not be a Randall Grahm as owner and president for life of Bonny Doon Vineyard. The brand was just bought by WarRoom Ventures LLC, a San Luis Obispo-based wine company that will handle management and marketing of a select group of Bonny Doon Vineyard wines.

Meanwhile, Nicole Walsh, who just opened an Aptos tasting room for her own brand Ser, will continue to oversee winemaking. Grahm might step back into Bonny Doon Vineyard’s cellar from time to time as a consultant, but we’ll see. It is the perfect time for something new for the Rhône Ranger after so many years of tinkering, finessing, creating, schlepping, selling, pouring, and all that involves—and it is a bittersweet end to one of the colorful sagas in Santa Cruz oenological mythology. “