Robert "Bobby" Bianco, co-owner of Anthony Vineyards, passes away Robert O. “Bobby” Bianco, co-owner of Anthony Vineyards, passed away on Saturday, March 6th, 2021, at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, CA. In passing, Bobby joins his recently deceased wife, Harlene. Bobby was born March 16, 1942 in The Bronx, New York, to Anthony and Rosa Bianco. Bobby attended the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, IN where he received a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree with a concentration in Finance in 1965. Bobby moved to Indian Wells, CA along with his wife, Harlene, in 1969. From the desert they built a family and a business, Anthony Vineyards. For more than 50 years, Bobby and his brother, Domenick T. “Cookie” Bianco worked side-by-side to create, build and maintain Anthony Vineyards with Bobby overseeing the Coachella Valley operations and Cookie overseeing the Bakersfield, CA portion. While holding executive positions at Sun World International, the Bianco brothers never took a salary from Anthony Vineyards, instead reinvesting that money into the growth and expansion of the company. Together, the two brothers managed a company that includes nearly 10,000 acres of organic and conventional table grapes, dates, citrus, and peppers. Additionally, they have partnered with Prime Time International since its initial founding, and they are co-owners of SunDate, both in Coachella, CA.