Arnot-Roberts was founded in Healdsburg in 2001 by childhood friends Duncan Arnot Meyers and Nathan Lee Roberts. The focus of Arnot-Roberts is to produce distinctive, site-driven wines that highlight the nature of the unique terroirs in which the grapes are grown. Single-vineyard wines are the core of the production as well as a few appellation bottlings. 

The Haynes Vineyard was planted in 1967. The vines enjoy a cooling effect from the nearby San Pablo Bay to the South, a rare cool climate in the Napa Valley. The soils are complex and diverse, composed of volcanic alluvium and river cobble.