Marimar Estate was founded in 1986 when Marimar Torres started planting grape vines on her newly acquired property in Sonoma County. Born in Barcelona, Torres studied graduate-level business at Stanford University and enology and viticulture at the University of California at Davis before founding her estate. She named vineyards after her father, Don Miguel, and mother Dona Margarita. Today her estate includes more than 200 acres and is planted primarily to Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.