The winery began when Ann and Dick Grace planted of vines in 1976. The first vintage was produced in 1978, at Chuck Wagner's winery,
Caymus. A second acre was added in 1985, but
phylloxera took its toll, as the winery's vines were planted on non-resistant
rootstock. The winery's yield dropped from 350 cases in the to a low of 48 cases in 1996, when the wine was allocated as one 1-liter bottle per customer on the winery's
mailing list. Another acre of planting and re-planted vines in the old acreage brought production up to 150 cases in 1998.
Charity The winery's mission statement is "Wine as a catalyst towards healing our planet." The programs of the Grace Family Vineyards Foundation are primarily in
India,
Nepal,
Mexico,
Tibet, and America. For the 2012 charity auction, a Balthazar of both Grace Family and their second label, Blank, drew a $160,000 ($ in dollars) bid. ==Vineyard and winemaking==