About Us

Pinotblogger is a blog about the birth of Capozzi Family Winery in the Russian River Valley. The guy behind the keyboard is Josh Hermsmeyer. My wife Candace, my son Jackson and I are pictured below.

Now for my bio. Feel free to skip if you are so inclined. :-p

Bio

Josh Hermsmeyer is a father and, on the side, he moonlights as Generalissimo of Capozzi Winery. Josh is also a recognized expert on social media marketing for wineries. He’s been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Wine & Spirits, Wines and Vines, The Press Democrat, North Bay Biz and Fast Company Now. He has given talks on social media and marketing at Sonoma State University, The Wine Industry Technology Symposium, The Mendocino Winegrape Commission, and Women for Wine Sense.

Josh has written for Wines and Vines and co-authored a chapter on direct-to-consumer marketing and Wine 2.0 for Professor Liz Thach’s Wine: A Global Business, the authoritative academic text on the wine industry. He served on the Sonoma County Wine Library Associates Board of Directors from 2007-2008, and was elected President for the 2008 year. Josh was trained at UC Davis where he studied Economics and Winemaking, and where he met and was swept off his feet by his lovely wife Candace.

Me and Jackson in the tractor

Candace - Mrs. Pinotblogger and proud mother of Jackson

Rebecca’s Vineyard, the future source of the grapes for Capozzi Winery, is located at 2849 Laguna Rd. Santa Rosa, CA 95401. (707) 694-2481.

To learn all about Our Story So Far just follow the link, or you can head on back to the winery blog.