Owner Biography – Tracey Hawkins

Mitch and Tracey Hawkins along with Tracey’s step-dad, David Boies and the Boies family, partnered to create Hawk and Horse Vineyards.

Tracey Hawkins

Tracey was born in Fullerton, California on July 22, 1964. She grew up in Sonoma County, California, where, from a young age, she helped in the family’s restaurant. Growing up in California’s wine country, wine was a natural part of life. When the family purchased the 900 acre Lower Lake property which is now home to Hawk and Horse Vineyards, Tracey immediately resonated with the land and its rugged beauty.

Regular visits ensued and she and Mitch eventually began running the ranch and developing Hawk and Horse Vineyards with the support of their family. Before starting Hawk and Horse Vineyards, Tracey worked in the wine industry for six years in sales and marketing. Tracey holds a degree in Creative Writing, summa cum laude, from San Francisco State University. She has also studied wine making through U.C. Davis and wine marketing at Sonoma State University.

When Tracey finds spare time she writes poetry. She also competes in amateur rodeo and gymkhana events on her fiery chestnut American Saddlebred gelding, Cache Creek. Mitch and Tracey have three children – all girls – whom they raise in close relationship to the land and the business they so love.