About Gård Vintners
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Gård, meaning "farm" in many of the Scandinavian languages, is a tribute to our family's Scandinavian heritage and farming tradition.
Gard Vintners is a family-owned and operated winery that seeks to capture the quality of their estate vineyard in the glass.
The Lawrence family, founders of Gård Vintners, has been farming the Royal Slope, near Royal City, Wash., in Washington's Columbia Valley for over 40 years.
Brothers Hervey "Sandy" Lawrence and John Lawrence, along with John's son Josh Lawrence, were proud to launch Gård Vintners, a product of Lawrence Cellars, in 2006.
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About Josh & Lisa Lawrence
Gård Vintners was created in 2006 from the vision of managing partner, Josh Lawrence, to reflect the quality of their estate vineyard in the glass.
Josh grew up in Royal City, a small agricultural town located 30 miles south of Moses Lake and 45 miles east of Ellensburg in the Columbia Valley. He went to Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma where he majored in business administration and met his future bride, Lisa Lawrence, who majored in communications and grew up in Olympia.
Josh returned to Royal City after college to farm for a few years, then moved to Redmond, Wash., where he married Lisa. At the time, Lisa was riding the dot-com wave in marketing and public relations, while Josh was working in sales and later started a wine importing business.
The couple moved to Royal City in 2001, and not long after Josh started Lawrence Vineyards in partnership with his dad, John Lawrence, and uncle, Sandy Lawrence, who have been farming the Royal Slope for more than 40 years. Together, they launched Gård Vintners in 2006.
Josh and Lisa currently reside in Royal City with their two daughters. Josh is managing partner of Gård Vintners and CFO of Lawrence Enterprises (which includes apple orchards, cherry orchards, Lawrence Vineyards, and a variety of row crops such as wheat, hay and beans). Lisa is the marketing and public relations director for the operation. The couple welcomes your email: josh@gardvintners.com and lisa@gardvintners.com.
