Our Story
Isy’s Story
“Everyone has a dream, and I think that it’s ‘the drive’ inside that determines whether that dream stays a dream or becomes a reality.”
“My parents, Nora & Jesus Borjón, came to the Shenandoah Valley at a very young age. My mother being a house wife, and a mother of three, and my father was a vineyard worker. Doing almost every job that can be done in a vineyard, from tractor work to harvesting grapes. This went on for sometime. Until that ‘drive’ kicked in.”
“I think it’s the same in any industry. Every employee is always looking up ‘the ladder’. Dreaming of what it would be like to be at the top. My father knew that it wouldn’t be easy but he was determined and had that ‘drive’… So, my parents worked hard, saved as much money as they could and began a small labor contracting company that, in 18 years, expanded to a size they never imagined. The company is still in business. Bigger than ever and now owned and operated by me.”
“Growing up around all the vineyards and wineries in the area, I began to have my own dream. Knowing that it also was a dream that my father had, probably added to my drive of owning my own winery. I put everything I could into creating a more secure future for my family.”
– Isy Borjón
La Familia
The family name, Borjón, originated in the country of France. Iscander “Isy” Borjón’s great, great grandfather migrated to Mexico in the mid-1860’s during the French/Mexican war, also known as the Maximilian Affair.
The Borjón family comes from the small town of Paracuaro in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. Isy’s parents Jesus and Nora Borjón arrived in the Shenandoah Valley over 30 years ago. Jesus began working in the vineyards doing every job imaginable while Nora was a stay at home mother with their three children. Eventually, Jesus and Nora had saved enough to start their own small labor contracting business in 1991. The drive and work ethic of Jesus lead to the unimaginable expansion of Borjón Labor Contracting and Vineyard Management.
Providing the valley with labor services since 1991, the Borjón’s had always enjoyed the taste of wine and had always dreamt of having a winery of their own. Seeing first hand the tremendous growth in the valley and the addition of so many wineries only added to the desire of one day being winery owners.
Essentially growing up on a vineyard, Isy was groomed for leadership. In 2005, at the age of only 19, he was handed the reigns to the families vineyard management business. That same year he started his own family. Taking what knowledge they had gained over years of working with vineyards and wineries, they selected some of the best grapes Amador County produces to create Borjón wines. Combining their own ideas with local wine making techniques, they crafted Borjón Winery’s version of great Amador County Wines. With the help of his parents, Isy opened the Tasting Room in May of 2009.
