Frank Family Vineyards

Frank Family Vineyards cooks up Father’s Day fun with two incredible culinary forces teaming up to create the ultimate live fire BBQ experience

(May 17, 2022; Calistoga, Calif.)—Napa Valley’s iconic Frank Family Vineyards will host a tong-flipping, finger-licking live fire Barbecue dinner with Backyard Pitmaster Jack Arnold and celebrity Chef Christina Machamer on June 17 from 6:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m. BBQ Specialist Arnold will fire up the main course on the Big Green Egg, while Fox’s Hell’s Kitchen season […]

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Frank Family Vineyards named “Best Tasting Room” and “Best Local Winemaker” in Napa Valley

(February 22, 2022; Calistoga, Calif.)—Rich and Leslie Frank, founders of Frank Family Vineyards, are proud to announce that Napa Valley Life Magazine has named Frank Family Vineyards the “Best Tasting Room” and Frank Family long-term Winemaker, Todd Graff “Best Local Winemaker” in the 2022 Best of Napa Valley Reader’s Choice Awards. Napa Valley Life Magazine […]

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Napa Valley’s Frank Family Vineyards donates $25,000 to James Beard Foundation’s “Open for Good”

(December 15, 2020; Calistoga, Calif.)—Rich and Leslie Frank, proprietors of Napa Valley-based Frank Family Vineyards, announced today that they will donate $25,000 to the James Beard Foundation’s Open for Good campaign. Thanks to the winery’s recent #FrankForACause campaign, they raised much needed funds in an effort to provide critical support and resources to assist independent […]

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Frank Family Vineyards promotes two long-time employees to management positions

  (December 10, 2020; Calistoga, Calif.)— Rich and Leslie Frank, proprietors of Frank Family Vineyards, are pleased to announce the promotion of two long time employees. Antonio Zepeda, who joined the winery in 2013, has been promoted to Tasting Room Sales Manager and Victor Raya, who joined the winery in 2005, has been promoted to […]

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Napa Valley’s Frank Family Vineyards’ launches fourth “Frank for a Cause” initiative in support of James Beard Foundation Open for Good Campaign

“We recognize the significant role that sommeliers, chefs and restaurant purveyors play in the industry we value so deeply,” says proprietor Rich Frank. “With a heavy heart, we feel the effect that this pandemic has brought upon all of them and want to do our small but impactful part to help.” Launched earlier this year […]

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Frank Family Vineyards’ Rich and Leslie Frank donate $7.5 Million to University of Illinois’ College of Media

(October 12, 2020; Calistoga, CA.)—Rich and Leslie Frank, owners of Napa Valley’s Frank Family Vineyards, announced today that they have donated $7.5 million to The College of Media at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where Rich Frank is an alumnus. The gift, the largest in the college’s history, will establish the Richard and Leslie […]

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Frank Family Vineyards partners with Four Seasons, Snake River Farms and Big Green Egg for ultimate dining experience at 2020 Santa Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta September 25 and 26

(September 16, 2020; Santa Fe, Nm.)—On September 25 and 26, Frank Family Vineyards will host two unforgettable wine dinners as part of the 2020 Santa Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta (SFWC) in partnership with Terra, Snake River Farms and Big Green Egg at the Four Seasons Resort Rancho Encantado. Both in-person dinners will be hosted […]

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Frank Family Vineyards Promotes Liam Gearity as Director of Direct-to-Consumer Sales and Hospitality and Zahava Kraiser as Tasting Room Manager

(April 17, 2017; Calistoga, Calif.)—Rich and Leslie Frank, owners of Frank Family Vineyards, along with Winemaker and General Manager Todd Graff, are pleased to announce that Liam Gearity has been promoted to Director of Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) Sales and Hospitality, and long time tasting room employee Zahava Kraiser has been promoted to the role of Tasting […]

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Frank Family Vineyards Hires Megan deZendegui as Midwestern Regional Sales Manager

(March 31, 2017; Calistoga, Calif.)—Rich and Leslie Frank, owners of Frank Family Vineyards in the Napa Valley, are pleased to announce that Megan deZendegui will join the winery as Midwestern regional sales manager. deZendegui is based in Illinois, and will manage sales and distribution for Frank Family Vineyards in North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, […]

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