Roshambo Winery’s Tasting Room

Specialties

Roshambo Winery was born of the simple idea that serious wines became, well, a little too serious. Our small, independent winery was named after the West Coast slang for the ancient children’s game, «Rock, Paper, Scissors,» and with our annual RPS Tournaments, Pirate Proms and Roshambustops, we like to think we are fighting for fun in a winey world.

History

Established in 1999.

Roshambo Winery was born of the simple idea that serious wines became, well, a little too serious. It’s the brainchild of maverick Wine Hero Naomi Brilliant, granddaughter of the late and great Sonoma County grape grower, Frank Johnson. Our small, independent winery was named after the West Coast slang for the ancient children’s game, «Rock, Paper, Scissors,» and with our annual RPS Tournaments, Pirate Proms and Roshambustops, we like to think we are fighting for fun in a winey world.

Meet the Business Owner

Naomi B.

Business Owner

After spending much of the 90s in Portland, Oregon, pursuing my own brand of twisted food photography, I moved to Healdsburg to create a unique winery. Why wine? For me, it was a natural choice. In the early 70s my grandparents retired to a small town north of San Francisco. They sought a simpler life and my grandfather, Frank Johnson, devoted his golden years towards the cultivation of grapes. Most of my childhood summers were spent on his vineyards, playing hide and seek or riding four-​wheelers with my younger brother, Morgan. I simply fell in love with wine and the vines, so after my grandparents both passed away, I felt an impulse to leave Portland behind to fulfill Frank Johnson’s dream of building an extraordinary family winery on his land.