Artezin Wines is a Californian winery owned by the Hess family, which sources grapes from estate vineyards managed by various renowned local viticulturists and places them in the enological hands of Randle Johnson, an acclaimed American winemaker known as the "Wine Professor." A graduate in Viticulture and Enology from the prestigious University of California, Davis, Johnson is one of the foremost experts on the Zinfandel grape variety.