Our Story

Tomi Cellars is the Winery project from film industry veterans Boyd Shermis and Denise Davis. We currently have winery and tasting room space at the Industrial Wine Gardens in Buellton, California. Boyd has worked the last several years to upgrade and streamline the winery facilities, formerly run by Ross Rankin of Imagine Wine. This crossover period gave Tomi Cellars a long 'runway' to get their own vision of a winery and tasting room off of the ground.

BOYD SHERMIS

Winemaker and winery strategist. Old School, New School, Post-Modern School - Boyd has been studying winemaking for twenty years. Six years ago, Boyd decided to 'take the plunge' by working under  Winemaker Ross Rankin, of Imagine Wine. Starting as Ross' Assistant Winemaker, he learned some of Ross' old school methods, following techniques that have been in place for hundreds, or even thousands of years. Layer in Boyd's extensive studies in mid-twentieth century and early twenty first century techniques, and you have a recipe for classic wines, created with a combination of good ol' fashioned hand-crafted methods and state of the art techniques that bring structure, complexity and ageability to every small batch he creates.

DENISE DAVIS

Winery owner, creative director and inspiration for all that Boyd does in the vineyard and cellar. Denise began her journey with Boyd over twenty years ago, building a profile of over a thousand "wines we've liked" that now serves as the reference and backbone of what we try to do at Tomi Cellars; make the finest wines we can possibly make. Wines which express location, varietal character and the passion we share for winemaking.