John Troiano
Chief Winemaker and Mad Scientist
About
Wreckless Blenders began in a dusty Sacramento basement when a small band of scientists discovered they loved making wine and lived close to wine grape country. Glass carboys turned into modified beer kegs, then oak barrels, then a Carmichael micro-winery built around friendship, patient cellar work, and a sense of humor that never takes the wine less seriously.
Basement beginnings
The earliest wines came from shared curiosity and nearby grapes. The Blenders learned by doing: fermenting, tasting, adjusting, and letting the next vintage teach the next lesson.
Carmichael cellar
In 2007 the Blenders set up shop as a friendly neighborhood winery in Carmichael, making roughly 100 cases a year with minimal intervention and a preference for wines with personality.
The Blenders
The live site has long introduced Wreckless Blenders through John Troiano (JT), Dave Ashukian, John Nichols (Rocket), and Jimbo Brown: a small crew whose friendships are as much a part of the cellar as the barrels.
Drink Wred
The W is silent, the labels are loud, and the wines keep the same founding idea alive: make something memorable with friends, grapes, patience, and just enough wrecklessness.
Wreckless members
Wreckless Blenders is a small crew of winemakers, engineers, artists, writers, and patient cellar troublemakers.
Current winemakers
Rocket
Winemaker and Labelmaker
Dave Ashukian
Winemaker and Chief Engineer
Art Terzakis
Winemaker
Don Scott
Winemaker
Emeritus winemakers
Jim Brown
Winemaker and Chief Writer
Don Koehler
Winemaker and Mad Scientist