  
 Bruce Cohn, founder and owner of B.R. Cohn Winery and B.R. Cohn Olive Oil Co., has embraced a lifelong passion for Northern California’s wine country and its bounty. Cohn’s Sonoma County roots run deep, and he became familiar with ranch and vineyard operations at an early age. When he was 10 years old, Bruce’s family left Chicago for the Russian River Valley, where they ran Northern California’s first Grade-A goat dairy farm.
When the family moved to San Francisco six years later, Bruce graduated high school and went on to the College of San Mateo, majoring in broadcasting & communications, and finished his studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He returned to San Francisco in 1968 for a job as a television engineer at night and ran a music rehearsal studio by day. In 1970 Bruce began managing a local band called The Doobie Brothers, and the rest, as they say is history. Bruce continues to manage the now-legendary band to this day.
Entertainment world success notwithstanding, Bruce was eventually drawn back to the beauty of wine country. In 1974, to keep some sanity and preserve quality of life, he purchased 46 acres in Sonoma County that became Olive Hill Estate Vineyard, so-named for the property’s grove of 130-year-old Picholine olive trees. Bruce’s family farming background served him well as he became intensely involved with all aspects of growing grapes. He used the band’s long bus trips to study oenology and viticulture and turned the defunct dairy farm and overgrown vineyard into a viable business. A decade after taking ownership of the land—and having great success selling grapes to other wineries—Bruce started B.R. Cohn Winery at Olive Hill in 1984. In 1990, Bruce started the B.R. Cohn Olive Oil Company, making top quality olive oil from the estate’s Picholine olive trees.
Today Bruce lives on the Olive Hill Estate that has grown to 100 acres. From there he oversees the winery, the olive oil company, and The Doobie Brothers. And he’s still “Taking it to the Streets,” participating in industry shows, speaking at winemaker dinners across the country, and hosting an annual charity golf tournament and concert.
Since its founding in 1990, the B.R. Cohn Olive Oil Company has led the renaissance in California olive oil, with its Sonoma Estate Picholine olive oil ranked consistently as a top California offering. One of the first olive oils produced in Sonoma County in nearly a century, this oil comes from the Picholine olive trees imported from France and planted on the B.R. Cohn Estate 130 years ago. Located in Glen Ellen in the heart of the Sonoma Valley, the B.R. Cohn Estate Winery has also been producing ultra-premium wines since 1984.
To meet the demand for high quality California olive oils, B.R. Cohn introduced an Organic EVOO and a California blend EVOO. Four wine-inspired vinegars, a dipping oil, and a traditional Balsamic Vinegar imported from Modena were added to the menu shortly after. All B.R. Cohn extra virgin olive oils bear the Seal of Quality from the California Olive Oil Council, having passed a laboratory analysis and blind tasting to ensure they are free of defects. The award-winning gourmet wine vinegars, handcrafted in California, are naturally aged 18-22 months using the centuries-old Orleans process.
The B.R. Cohn Olive Oil Company is focused on making food preparation simple, elegant, and healthy. The olive oils and vinegars are of the highest quality and are distinctly packaged.
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