Like most good stories, the history of Williams Selyem owes much to serendipity. If a grower with an abundance of fruit hadn't given Burt Williams a few tons of free grapes in the 1970s, Burt might never have discovered his love and flair for winemaking. And if Burt and his partner Ed Selyem had been able to afford the French Burgundies they both favored, they might never have tried making their own Pinot Noir
