Sam's Family Wine is a boutique wine producer founded by Sam Brown & his family in the California. California wine is unique. In most of the world’s major appellations, a region offers one, or even a few types or style of wine. Many areas allow only one, or perhaps a couple of different grape varietals. That is not the case with California wine. While many wine consumers and critics posit that the best wines produced in the Golden State are made today, wine making in California has a much longer history than most people are aware of. The Complete History of California Wine and the Napa Valley