The Martinelli family has been growing grapes and making wine in the Russian River Valley for more than 135 years, beginning with the arrival of Giuseppe Martinelli from Italy in the 1880s.

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Fallou’s own experience in the vineyards ended abruptly with an inspection by authorities who discovered that he and several other workers did not have the legal right to work in Italy.