John Evan Marion is Livermore Valley’s youngest elite winemaker. He began making wine in a professional capacity in 1998 with his father at the Big White House Winery. The following year he produced his first masterpiece, a Super-Tuscan-style Sangiovese from Richard Ripken’s exclusive clone. This wine was released in 2001 and based on a single bottle was offered the winemaker position at a well-known Paso Robles winery. Given he was just graduating from high school, he grudgingly refused the offer. In subsequent years John Evan began taking on an increasing role in the winemaking at Big White House. In 2004 John Evan began work on his first two official releases: The Alchemist and The Cimmarion. Since these first two, John Evan wines have regularly been sold out on release