Don Sebastiani
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Don Sebastiani grew up in Sonoma, California, United States. Born of August and Sylvia Sebastiani, he was the youngest of three children: Sam, Mary Ann, & Donny. He attended St. Francis Solano School in Sonoma, Bellarmine Prep in San Jose, and the University of San Francisco. In 1975, Don married fellow USF student, Nancy Cecchetti, of San Francisco. Don and Nancy have three children's: Donny, August, and Mia. Currently, the couple are grandparents of three, as well.
Sebastiani served in the California State Assembly as a Republican from the 8th district from 1980 until 1986. In 1986, he ran in the primary for California State Controller but lost, receiving a mere 17.2% of the vote. Soon thereafter, Don returned to Sonoma to run his family's wine business, where he took production from little more than 200,000 cases to just shy of 8 million in his 15 years at the helm. Also, in 1986, along with brother-in-law, Roy Cecchetti, Sebastiani began a negociant-style winery, Cecchetti Sebastiani Cellar (CSC). CSC developed the label Pepperwood Grove and Don & Roy grew their business to nearly 400,000 cases in 1999.
Don still resides in Sonoma, where he and his sons continue their family's long history of winemaking with Don Sebastiani & Sons, International Wine Negociants, which sells such labels as Smoking Loon and Plungerhead.
| Preceded by Michael Gage |
California State Assemblyman, 8th District 1980 –1986 |
Succeeded by Bev Hansen |
