BARRA OF MENDOCINO
Martha Barra steers with a steady hand the Barra of Mendocino winery, founded in 1995 with her husband, Charlie Barra, who died in 2019. Charlie was born in 1929 in Calpella from Piedmontese immigrants. He began pruning vines at age 10 and became an innovative viticulturist who sold grapes to the Parducci family and others. Today, Martha’s children, Shawn Harmon and Shelley Maly, are fully involved with Barra and its sister brand, Girasole.
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