STORY
Family
Owned and operated by the Wells Family.
What began as a garage-band experiment
by a bunch of wine geeks has transformed into making world-class Washington State red
wines and dry-style Rose’.
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HISTORY
Terry & Martha, now drinking the horse racing kool-aid, up their game and start purchasing thoroughbred race horses.
1990's
1951
Revlon Cosmetics company invents a brand new lipstick shade #725 and cleverly names it LOVE THAT RED.
Martha Wells (Terry’s Mom) starts wearing her favorite lipstick color Revlon’s LOVE THAT RED.
1956
1980's
Family fun weekends for Terry Sr., Martha and their boys was heading out to whatever Southern California racetrack was open. At that time, the So Cal circuit included Santa Anita Park, Hollywood Park and Del Mar. Los Alamitos for quarter horses. At this point we were purely spectators and wagered on our favorite picks.
1995
Terry Sr. takes the next natural step, becoming fascinated with horse racing progeny which ultimately leads them to breeding. They purchased a broodmare (Mother) Pat’s Lady Red and bred her to Sire/Father Highland Park. Pedigree wise Pat’s Lady Red was a descendant of Bold Ruler, the Sire/Father of Secretariat (the GOAT) and Highland Park was a descendant of Native Dancer aka “The Gray Ghost".
In naming the new foal (newborn) Martha Wells promises to “play off" the “RED” word in the Mother’s name Pat’s Lady Red and name the foal after the Revlon lipstick she wore in High School called “LOVE THAT RED”. Out pops a colt (boy) now with a lipstick name :-)
1996
1999
LOVE THAT RED wins his first Grade 1 race The Malibu Stakes at Santa Anita Park, a seven furlong sprint bettering the Breeders’ Cup Classic Winner Cat Thief.
Garrett Gomez up.
2000
Bob Baffert enters LOVE THAT RED in the Bing Crosby Breeders Cup Handicap at Del Mar, a six-furlong sprint. LOVE THAT RED finishes a close second to phenom Kona Gold. Victor Espinoza up.
2006
LOVE THAT RED retires from racing and put out to pasture at San Luis Rey Downs farm near San Diego CA.
2013
First commercial production at our "garage" space located in the Woodinville Wine Warehouse.
1999
Bob Baffert calls Terry Sr. requesting the opportunity to train LOVE THAT RED after beating out his two Malibu Stakes entries Prime Timber and Straight Man. Terry Sr. accepts and transfers training to the Bob Baffert barn.
2000
LOVE THAT RED rebounds three weeks later to win the Pat O’Brien Handicap at Del Mar, a seven-furlong sprint. Corey Nakatani up.
2010
Terry & Kriss both lifelong red wine lovers start winemaking at home. Like most new winemakers they catch the bug and it becomes obsessive.
2015
Our first-release wines debut as
Daily Double Cabernet Sauvignon and Stakes Race Syrah both varietal blends from premier Washington State vineyards. That same year Bob Baffert trained American Pharoah wins the Triple Crown, a feat dating all the way back to 1978 and the last winner Affirmed. Triple Crown drought gap of 37 years is over.
2019
Relocated a building over to our current winery space. Our good friends at Sparkman Cellars were kind enough to pass along the baton.
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