Through The Grapevine

TTG is back featuring Livermore Valley winery owner Denise McKahn of McKahn Family Cellars.  Denise has been in the industry since 1992 when she took a job in the accounting department at Wente Vineyards in the Livermore Valley.  She held a few roles at Wente before taking time off to be a mother.  She returned to the Livermore Valley to work in hospitality at some of the Valley's small wineries before eventually ending up at Concannon.  Recently she left her post as Operations Manager for the hospitality department to focus full time on Mckahn Family Cellars. Denise and her family launched the brand in 2014 producing a range of varieties from well regarded vineyards and AVA's in the north coast before eventually making a hard pivot to produce exclusively Calfornia grown Rhone varieties.   Denise serves as CEO and oversees tasting room operations at their location in the Livermore Valley alongside her husband, (and bad ass dude) Kevin.  Her son, Chuck, serves as winemaker and is