When Kyndall Dutton was growing up as the daughter of winery owners Joe and Tracy Dutton, her dream was to have a barn-style wedding. Not only did she get her wish by marrying Blake Larson on the family estate in Sebastopol, he made their betrothal extra-special by popping the question inside their shared horse barn.
Kyndall came home one day from work at Dutton Estate Winery, where she serves as vice president of business operations, to find Blake in the barn with the doors closed. When she opened them, she was surprised to find a table with framed pictures of herself and Blake with their horses, Hank and Goose. And there beside the table was Blake, down on one knee, holding a ring box. Blake had the ring custom-designed with help from his brother and sister-in-law.
“I kept asking ‘Is this real?’” recalls Kyndall. And Blake reassured her that yes, it was real. She says the moment felt “like the start of our forever.”…