Nilima and Vivek Ragavan, the founders and owners of Valencia Wineries, the producers of the Ragavino Cabernet Sauvignon wine collection, established the vineyard in 2001. For several years, the Ragavans have shared the unique Ragavino wine with friends and family but soon were inundated with requests by these very same friends to purchase additional bottles and sometimes whole crates of wine. Neither Nilima nor Vivek who are medical and tech professionals respectively, had envisioned entering the wine business but due to the continuing plentiful harvests and prolific production of the delicious Ragavino wine through the years, decided to get the necessary permits and enter this business. Thus was born Valencia Wineries, named after the Portola Valley Street in which the vineyard is located. Nilima and Vivek now enjoy the vineyard and its garden, with its changing colors and its maturing grapes under the canopy of California blue oaks and the shadow of the surrounding hills. They continue to cater to and nurture their vineyard in partnership with the able professionals of Coastal Range Vineyards, ensuring that it is provided the necessary resources to produce the quality grapes that now seem to emerge from its inevitable charms.