Migrant Workers Become Napa Winery Owners | Ceja Vineyards

a delicious male and seven years Pinot Noir wine food and Familia for the say Haws running a successful wine business in California's wine country has been a labor of love Pedro and Amelia say Hoss were just 12 years old when they met in the vineyards the Mexican migrant workers had just moved to the US and were helping their

parents pick grapes on the weekend I told my dad I was going to have my own vineyard someday it was also feathers dream so it was a collective effort of many talented immigrants that have made seven years of reality the say Hoss are now one of very few Mexican Americans who have gone from grape pickers to

owning their very own vineyard but it can be done independent of our humble beginnings if we work hard and we're willing to pay the price Amelia says in an industry dominated by white Europeans she faced pushback for pairing high quality wines with classic Mexican dishes like spicy moly people thought I was crazy when I started

pairing beans and Cabernet but that's exactly what she envisioned doing as a young migrant worker one day weaving her Mexican heritage into delicious wines and it's something she's passed down to her sons and her daughter Dalia there's a thing in our Familia we don't have blood in our veins we have wine inside

expression of passion dedication and focus to building a family legacy the family says they take workers rights very seriously Amelia says she has rallied in Washington to support legislation that would extend protections for migrant workers I care very deeply about protecting them to make sure that they're not exposed to harmful pesticides herbicides and to