Founders Travis and Mallory met over a decade ago while dancing with a ballet company in northern California. A few years later they were living together in a house with a garage, which is where their first wine was made. The wine itself left a lot to be desired, but the passion to make good wine together was born. The two have made wine almost every year since, even while both continued to chase their careers in dance. Alas, dance careers are short and tend to end abruptly, at which point Mallory and Travis found themselves married, living in Boise, ID and still dreaming about their winery. "Par terre," a dance term meaning "on the ground," is where their dream begins.

 

At Par Terre, we believe that, like dance, the art of winemaking is fleeting. Each wine, like each performance, has the potential to inspire, but when the performance is over, or the bottle is empty, the audience is left with only a memory of that moment. We only hope that when you raise a glass of our wine with friends and loved ones, we can become a memorable piece of the beautiful fleeting moments in your story.