John Cotta shares how Baywood Cellars got started producing affordable Ultra-Premium wines.

Having grown up in the Central Valley and made many gallons of wine there, I always had the desire to use Coastal premium grapes to produce world renowned wines. My first opportunity came in 1992 with Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon fruit. After my labor of love was bottled, it immediately won five gold medals over the course of a year and consequently had to be retired from competitions due to sell off.

Central Coast wines are by far earning their rightful place in the world of quality wines, at times equaling, and many times surpassing Napa and Sonoma wines in major wine competitions.

---John Cotta