When Alexis Coulter moved home to Millbrae after graduating from St. John’s University in New York, she decided to do two “adult things.” One: Find a job — she was soon hired as an executive assistant at a San Mateo tech company — and two: Join a wine club — BACA Wines in Healdsburg. Little did she know that joining that club would pave the way for a Wine Country romance and her eventual marriage.
Although Cody Johnson and Alexis grew up only a few miles apart (he was from Burlingame) and had mutual friends, they didn’t meet until Alexis tried the dating app Hinge. When it matched her with Cody, an electrician who had moved back to the Peninsula after graduating from Chico State, Alexis quips, “For once, an online dating app got it right.”
After they began dating, the couple, who now live in South San Francisco, explored Wine Country — which included a visit to BACA. “We fell in love with Healdsburg,” says Alexis…