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About Us
What Makes Us Tick
Antix wines is the culmination of several years navigating the Napa Valley wine world. And throughout our experiences managing, sourcing, selling, tasting, and collecting, we’ve found one prevailing theme: Wine connects people. Doesn’t matter who, what, where, or when. So we started Antix to bring people together around high-caliber wine from exceptional vineyards, and have a little fun in the process.
+Chris & Andrea Diamantis, Owner & Founders
+Ken & Lisa Cashin, Owner & Founders
+Thomas Rivers Brown, Winemaker
+Ashley Newman, Managing Director
Chris & Andrea Diamantis, Owner & Founders
When Chris and Andrea first visited Napa Valley on their honeymoon in ‘92, their collective wine knowledge was all wine coolers and white Zinfandel. Then they started learning. They met winemakers and farmers. They visited again. And again. And several more times after that.
In short: They fell in love with the wines, the Valley, and the people they met along the way—a passion rivaled only by their love for music and each other. It was all part of a lifelong journey from novices to aficionados to vintners. Today, they strive to make wine that showcases Napa excellence and, more importantly, the power wine has to create memories and lasting friendships.
Ken & Lisa Cashin, Owner & Founders
For Ken and Lisa, the blend of family, music, and fine wine comes naturally. Those three passions have underpinned not only their life together, but also their friendship with Chris and Andrea. And they’ve been destined to join Antix ever since the quartet began traveling the world, lingering over dinner, and having countless conversations over bottles of wine.
As fellow lovers of Napa Valley—they even got engaged there—Ken and Lisa endeavor to translate its gorgeous terroir into top-quality wines.
Thomas Rivers Brown, Winemaker
Thomas has a list of accolades longer than our web design will allow. With enough top-scoring wines under his belt to fill multiple careers, he’s one of Napa Valley’s most in-demand winemakers. He’s known for his work at wineries like Schrader, Maybach, Casa Piena, Outpost, Caterwaul, and TOR, and his wines always showcase impressive depth, nuance, and terroir transparency.
Like the rest of the team, Thomas believes that wine from stellar vineyards, made with an attention to detail, has an undeniable power to bring people together—and that’s his goal for every vintage of Antix wine.
Ashley Newman, Managing Director
A fifth-generation St. Helena resident, Ashley learned early on that Napa Valley is a special place with a generous, talented community. So after studying Agriculture Business at Cal Poly, she moved back, where she spent several years expanding direct-to-consumer sales for family wine brands. And after getting to know the Diamantises and Cashins, she was all-in on their vision for Antix.
You could call her the glue of the operation, uniting all the pieces under a single vision. Using her pointed experience and network of Napa relationships, she ensures every operation runs smoothly and phenomenal wine gets to the tables of Antix customers.