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William Seavey was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Coronado, California. He went East to Princeton and Harvard Law School and met his wife, Mary, who was at Radcliffe. They lived in Coronado and Switzerland before moving to the Bay Area in 1968.
In 1979, they bought the present Seavey Vineyard from an old family friend. It had been a vineyard in the 1870s, although by the 1970s it was a cattle ranch. While William continued his San Francisco law practice, Mary and he set about restoring the property and replanting the former vineyard. The four Seavey sons spent high school and college vacations working at the vineyard, and the Seavey daughter and her two daughters came out from Boston to help from time to time.
Mary passed away in 2008, but Bill still lives on the property. His five children all help out with the winery in one way or another.
Arthur Seavey, the eldest son, directs operations at Seavey Vineyard and can frequently be seen driving farm equipment throughout the vineyard as a break from his other work at the winery. Arthur is also co-owner of an abalone farm in Monterey.
Arthur Seavey preparing the soil before replanting a chardonnay block.