Rick Moshin

Career Rick Moshin’s route into wine runs through mathematics, retail supply, and brokerage before it settles into ownership. From 1970, he worked as a mathematics instructor at San Jose State University while also working in a home-brewing supply store, a pairing that put calculation and practical fermentation work side by side. He then continued on as a grape broker in Northern California until 1989, moving closer to the fruit and the growers that shape the region’s wine trade.

Since 1989, he has been the owner and winemaker of Moshin Vineyards, based in Healdsburg. - Owner and Winemaker — Moshin Vineyards (1989–present) - Mathematics instructor — San Jose State University (1970) - Home-brewing supply store worker (1970) - Grape broker — Northern California (until 1989)

The owner-winemaker role at Moshin Vineyards is the line that holds the rest of Rick Moshin’s work together. It combines business stewardship with winemaking responsibility, and in Healdsburg it has been the durable form of his practice since 1989. The earlier years in teaching, home-brewing retail, and grape brokerage read here as preparation for a post that requires both structure and daily judgment.

The clearest marker of Rick Moshin’s career is the length of time he has held the owner-winemaker post at Moshin Vineyards. Since 1989, that role has remained the fixed reference point for his work, tying the estate in Healdsburg to a career that moved from classroom to supply counter to vineyard and winery. Its value lies in continuity: one title, held over decades, carrying the weight of the earlier stages into a single body of work.