ABOUT US

The owners of Barsetti Vineyards are Janis Barsetti Gray and Richard Gray.  Richard is retired from United Airlines, after working with UAL for 34 years.  He was employed at Seattle Tacoma International Airport.  Richard was born and raised in Bellingham, Washington.  After graduating from Bellingham High School and Western Washington University, he joined the Coast Guard. 

Janis is recently retired from the Hertz Corporation at Sacramento International Airport. She was been employed by Hertz for over 35 years. She attended Galt High School. Janis graduated from the University of the Pacific in Stockton. Janis was born in Lodi and raised on the family ranch in Galt, which would later become Barsetti Vineyards.

Janis and Richard own 120 acres of zinfandel in the Lodi Appellation east of Galt, CA.  Janis’ grandfather Barsetti came to America from the southern party of Switzerland in 1903.  Her grandfather settled in the Galt area in 1911.  Janis’ father and grandparents bought the property where the vineyard exists today, in 1941.  Up until 1995, when the vineyard was planted, the land supported a dairy, beef cattle and crop operation.  The birth of Barsetti Vineyards as a wine label began in 2001.