Drew Huffine entered the wine world while attending UCSB, adjacent to Santa Barbara’s wine country. While pursuing a master’s degree at Cal State LA, Drew worked at Colorado Wine Company. There he met Kent Humphrey of Eric Kent Wines. Kent encouraged Drew to head north to work a harvest. From there, Drew was off and running. He worked at Copain, DuMol, Kosta Brown and Wither Hills in New Zealand. He was the winemaker for Tuck Beckstoffer Wines, R2 Wine/Roessler Cellars and Soliste. In 2018, Drew became the head winemaker for LIOCO wines where he remains, in addition to Trail Marker.

Drew is a purist who likes wines that are well-balanced and have a “certain something” that defies description. Over the years, Drew has created wines for many well-respected wineries but after he married Emily, she convinced him it was time they create their own wine. No mortgage. No kids. Let’s do it! Trail Marker was born.