John Russell's interest in wine began while living in Sacramento in the mid 1980's and visiting the Napa valley on weekends with friend's and his wife Carol. Shortly after moving to Tennessee in 1993, he and Carol meet Kix and Barbara Brooks while living in the same neighborhood and began carpooling their son's and daughter's together.

John sold the insurance company he founded and ran for 10 years and began spending time at Arrington bottling and getting to know the winery layout.  John quickly fell in love with the wine making experience, the land, and the Arrington and was asked to join the Arrington family as a partner in late spring of 2008.
John has been a past Board Member of the Williamson County United Way and WAVES, which   provides a broad range of supports and services to adults and children with developmental disabilities in Franklin and Williamson County, Tennessee. 

In addition to his duties with Arrington, John currently serves as co-owner and Chief Strategist for Cavalry Logistics, a trucking logistics firm in Nashville. He has been married to his wife Carol for 28 years and they have two children-Amanda-21, and Michael-18.