Shared interests and family ties brought the three Rios brothers, Manuel, Rafael, Alberto, and a cousin, together to create the Rios Wine Company, LLC. Their wine label, Solovino, is the next step for the brothers, who began work in the wine industry as fieldworkers in their teens. They are now pursuing the dream of creating wine to honor their family's heritage across the generations from rural Mexican farmers, to immigrant fieldworkers, to wine producers.

Manuel, the oldest Rios brother, began working in the fields of Napa Valley as a young teen. He completed viticulture courses at Napa Valley College and continued to gain knowledge from hands-on work in grape growing for over 15 years after high school. In 1998, he set out on his own to create Rios Farming Company, LLC, which now develops and manages approximately 750 acres of vineyards.

Rafael also began work as a field laborer but followed a different path to wine production. He studied landscape architecture at UC Davis and then headed off to Santa Clara University to study law. After graduating in 1994, he began practicing with a law firm in Napa where he became a partner before leaving to devote more time to the wine company and now practices wine law, business, real estate and immigration law from his own law office in Calistoga.

Alberto took a path to wine production that combines the experiences of both of his brothers. Just as they did, he started out working in the fields. After high school, he attended school at Humboldt University and UC Davis and then decided to work for Manuel at Rios Farming Company, where he is still working today.

Enjoy the experience of Solovino, a wine rich in heritage and born from the passion to keep on growing. To generations past, present, and future: ¡Salud!