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The beginnings of Orin Swift Cellars may be traced back to 1995, when David Swift Phinney, on a whim, accepted a friend's invitation to spend a semester "studying" in Florence, Italy. He was introduced to wine at that time and became fascinated with the process of making it.

After a couple more years of school, he graduated and got a position as a temporary harvest worker at Robert Mondavi Winery in 1997.

Orin is his father's middle name, and Swift is his mother's maiden name; he started Orin Swift Cellars in 1998 after deciding that if he was going to work this hard, it would eventually have to be for himself. He spent the following ten years in the wine business with only two tonnes of zinfandel.

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