Ethan Wines was founded in 2001 by Ethan Lindquist who is the son of Rhone pioneer Bob Lindquist, owner of Qupe Winery.  Ethan grew up in the vineyards and winery and always took an interest to tasting wines and learning about them at a very young age.  He even helped stomp the first Qupe Wines in 1982 and helped on the bottling line as a child.  He went into the viticulture and enology program at Santa Rosa Junior College to learn the more technical aspects of winemaking.  His father taught him all aspects of the business growing up which helped create a well-rounded knowledge of the business as well as a developed palate, important for winemaking.  In 2001-2002 he made his wines while working side by side with Greg LaFollete, who at the time owned Tandem Winery in Sebastopol, located in Sonoma County.  Here he learned different techniques of winemaking to help create a style of his own with his wines.