We are excited to announce our new Head Winemaker, Gino DiMercurio! Gino has been with Maurcie Car’rie Winery & Ultimate Vineyards for just over a year and was recently promoted from assistant winemaker. Gino has over 13 years of experience in winemaking and cellaring. He started out in Napa at Whitehall Lane before moving to Southern California in 2018 and contributing his knowledge and experience to multiple wineries in Temecula. Gino is excited to put his experience into the 2022 harvest and produce some of our best wines yet!
Gino also loves spending quality time with his lovely wife and their beautiful new baby. We are so grateful for having him on our team. 
Duke Paul was born in Grey, Maine to Carol Blakeney, a full time musician from the age of 14, and Paul Tukey, a life long self employed entrepreneur. Carol enjoyed success in New England opening up for legendary acts such as the Marshall Tucker Band, Blue Oyster Cult, and ZZ Top at the Portland, Maine Civic Center as a part of the legendary Maine Band Carol and the Charmers. Duke took up guitar at the age of 14 years old, but never took it seriously until he turned 22 years old. Duke worked full time in landscape construction from the age of 15, but after years of hard labor he knew it was time to sing the working man blues. At 22 he took up writing songs and after the first one “Write You Off” was penned he couldn’t stop.
