Cheers to the Franscioni Family
Cheers to the Franscioni family, Adam, Tamara, Maximo (4), Juliet (2) and their German Shepherd, Larry of Markham Ranch.
Adam works as a farmer and vintner for ROAR Wines; while Tamara works part-time as a marketing consultant and is the owner of Mini Vacay Wines.
How did this dynamic couple meet? Tamara shares, “Adam and I met through the wine industry. Adam was working with his family’s winery business, and I was working as a sommelier and event planner. Eventually we got married and bought our home in Markham Ranch in 2019 to start our family and put down our own roots.”
Adam is from originally from Gonzales, he attended college at the University of San Diego. Tamara is from Oakes, North Dakota, a rural farming community with a population of 2,000. She attended college at the Lawrence University in Appleton, WI.
Family Fun
With two little ones, family activities are simple, local and fulfilling with family walks, beach days, gardening and enjoying music together. Adam and Tamara also enjoy cooking and baking together.
Family Fun
With two little ones, family activities are simple, local and fulfilling with family walks, beach days, gardening and enjoying music together. Adam and Tamara also enjoy cooking and baking together.
Adam adds, “we love all the county’s parks and playgrounds, as well as Carmel Beach and Asilomar Beach. We also enjoy a membership at Chamisal Tennis & Fitness Club. We also take our kids to visit the aquarium. However, most of our outdoor time is spent walking the paths in our neighborhood. There’s a bridge over a creek that meanders through, and there's always some wildlife to watch.”
When it comes to vacation time the family hits the road for Paso Robles, San Diego, or time flying to North Dakota to spend time with Tamara’s side of the family.
When it comes to vacation time the family hits the road for Paso Robles, San Diego, or time flying to North Dakota to spend time with Tamara’s side of the family.
“We’re fans of local teams, the San Francisco 49ers and Monterey Bay Union FC and enjoy going to a game or two,” Adam adds.
Community Involvement
“We are members of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, and local nonprofit CASI (California Arts & Science Institute). Tamara is a member of PEO and I Cantori di Carmel where she is an active singer and performer in the community. She has started Max on his musical journey and is teaching him to play the piano.
Community Involvement
“We are members of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, and local nonprofit CASI (California Arts & Science Institute). Tamara is a member of PEO and I Cantori di Carmel where she is an active singer and performer in the community. She has started Max on his musical journey and is teaching him to play the piano.
“Max plays T-ball with Toro Baseball and Juliet is trying toddler gymnastics this summer,” Tamara explains.
Family Time & Traditions
“Adam and I like to make a variety of home-cooked meals, and we gear our meals to eating food grown with the seasons. Although if you’d ask Max, he’d say his favorite food is Dino chicken nuggets!” Tamara laughs.
“Adam and I like to make a variety of home-cooked meals, and we gear our meals to eating food grown with the seasons. Although if you’d ask Max, he’d say his favorite food is Dino chicken nuggets!” Tamara laughs.
Adam and Tamara are continuing their vacation schedule while the kids are still young; so, when the long days and nights of grape harvest wrap up in the fall, they like to take a family vacation to Paso or SLO.
In their downtime, Adam enjoys a good game of golf, while Tamara practices yoga.
When asked what the best part about living in the neighborhood this couple answers simply with, “the weather is superb and our neighbors are lovely. We look out for one another. Just as a community should!”