about us
We are joseph-jibril and we love wine. We believe that the craft of winemaking is inherently personal, so we put our middle names on it (because Bobby Jaam Wines doesn’t have the same ring to it). Our journey started with conversations in a parking lot and became a reality with lots of help and hard work. After years in the cellar making wines for others, we decided to take a leap of faith and start our own project.
Winemaking is an encapsulation of a moment in time. Its energy changes throughout its lifecycle, and perception of it is subjective.
We make crushable wine for all to enjoy. We want our wines to be both fun and serious. . . approachable and interesting, delicious and thought-provoking, all while being clean and sound.
We make minimal intervention wine and focus on providing the necessary conditions for the optimal expression of the vineyard’s fruit. Sometimes the result is opulent, silky, and coating. Other times it is light, floral, and expressive — we never want to stand in the way of that self-actualization.
We recognize the hard work involved in all facets of wine production. It is never just the winemakers–we have support from vineyard workers, cellar interns, truck drivers, growers, friends and family who all work insanely hard to help us encapsulate this ‘moment in time’.
We hope you enjoy our wine — pour that first glass extra tall in honor of all those who made it possible.
meet robert-joseph
Born in the Bay Area, Bobby was raised in Sonoma County. Like many in this industry, he came to wine later in life. It wasn’t until traveling to Italy that he first discovered an interest in wine. In 2012, after a decade in the restaurant business, he moved back in with his parents at the age of 30 and began studying wine at the Santa Rosa Junior College. From SRJC he went to San Luis Obispo to study Wine and Viticulture at Cal Poly, working as a research assistant for Dr. Federico Casassa. Post graduation he relocated back to Sonoma County and has been working in wine production ever since. He met Jaam in 2018 while working at Kosta Browne Winery in Sebastopol.
meet jaam-jibril
Originally from Somerville, MA, Jaam grew up in a diverse community, and would like to see that reflected in his new one. He came to wine fairly young, realizing it’s one of the few disciplines that involves all aspects of the human experience. From the artistic to the social, from scientific to physical, making wine encompasses it all. He embarked on a journey to obtain as much practical knowledge as possible, traveling around the globe to get it. His first vintage was with Gratavinum in the Priorat, second at Viña Vik in the Cachapoal Valley in Chile, third at Chateau Biac in Bordeaux, then Kosta Browne in Sebastopol, California, Handpicked Wines in the Mornington Peninsula of Victoria, Australia, and from then on in the Sonoma Coast.
