[4] Randall was born in Los Angeles in 1953 and attended UC Santa Cruz where he was "a permanent Liberal Arts major.

"[5] He returned to the University of California at Davis to complete a degree in Plant Sciences in 1979, where he developed a "single-minded obsession with Pinot Noir".

[5] With his family's assistance, Grahm purchased property in Bonny Doon, in the Santa Cruz Mountains, where he was intent on producing "The Great American Pinot Noir."

[5] His newsletters and articles were collected and published in 2009 as the award-winning book Been Doon So Long: A Randall Grahm Vinthology.

Randall's current commercial wine endeavour is with a winery called The Language of Yes,[11] with vineyards based in Santa Maria.