Phil Maddux, who is the winemaker and works as a real estate lawyer, is originally from Sonoma County, California.

[2] Maddux's wife, Jill, handles the sales, accounting, and also assists with their property management.

[1] The new location allowed them to crush their grapes and complete the entire winemaking process in the same place, unlike the previous building.

[3] It is located in the Sierra Foothills AVA and is part of the Placer County Wine Trail.

They also make a port wine called "Pawnee Tawny" which is made of grapes from Madera County, California.

The jbrand is small production and consists grenache, syrah and pinot grigio wines.