GRO Wines

About Winery: GRO is a family label with a focus on single vineyard wines that Lars Bjorkman runs with his wife Molly, ‘02, a fellow V&E alum and Napa winemaker at Sequoia Grove. They keep their operations short and to the point, featuring a limited selection of wines from only two vineyards. This allows Lars to give each wine the necessary amount of time and attention to bring the most out of it. 

Visit their website to order one of their excellent wines. 

Aggie Connection: Molly was drawn to UC Davis because of a desire to pursue veterinary medicine and crew, but soon discovered that the viticulture and enology students were having the most fun on campus. She received a degree in viticulture and enology and a minor in Spanish from UC Davis after studying abroad in New Zealand. She worked at Beringer, Domaine Carneros, Seasmoke Cellars, Vina Isidro, and was the winemaker for many years at Sequoia Grove in Rutherford. 

Born in Fresno to Swedish immigrants, Lars used his offensive line football skills to get into UC Davis where he planned to pursue medicine, but pivoted to V&E to become a winemaker. He honed his craft at wineries in California and Australia before finding his place at Saddleback Cellars in Oakville where he makes wine with Nils Venge. GRO is a family label with a focus on single vineyard wines that he runs with his wife Molly, ‘02, a fellow V&E alum and Napa winemaker at Sequoia Grove.

Alum: Lars '00 and Molly '02 Bjorkman

Aggies Uncorked Featured Wine: Haspel Vineyard Chardonnay