The winery filed its petition Wednesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California in Santa Rosa. It is seeking to reorganize its finances under a Chapter 11 proceeding designed for small businesses.
Court filings show the winery reported $1 million to $10 million in assets and liabilities and listed creditors including American Express Blue Business Line of Credit, Kapitus, Winecare Logistics and Crown Lift Trucks.
The company is expected to continue operating during the bankruptcy process.
The filing comes as California’s wine industry faces slowing demand and financial strain, with a growing number of wineries turning to sales, auctions or restructuring.
The Robledo family’s story has long stood out in California wine.
Founder Reynaldo Robledo arrived in the United States from Mexico as a teenager and worked in Northern California vineyards for decades before buying land and launching his own label.
In a 2010 Associated Press profile, he recalled working his shifts and then staying late to learn the business — part of a small but growing group of Latino vintners working to carve out space in an industry where they have historically been underrepresented.
Robledo Family Winery says on its website that it is “the first winery in the United States to be founded by Mexican vineyard workers on their own land.” The family traces its work in California vineyards to the 1940s and began producing wine commercially in 1997.
Today, the winery produces wines using grapes from Sonoma, Napa and Lake counties and operates a tasting room in Sonoma Valley.
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