Welcome, we are a small family-owned vineyard in the Russian River Valley appellation (AVA). Particularly in the cooler southern region, this is an area of premium Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes -- our focus. Making premium wine starts with growing premium grapes. We personally look after each vine, tailoring it toward our vision of a bottle of wine we can truly be proud to share.

We bought our primary (fixer-upper) 9 acre vineyard in 2000 and have been replanting and modernizing it ever since. Durring the process we made three vintages of Chardonnay (2002, 2003, and 2004) which are officially sold-out, but we still have a few cases in our personal collection. We initially planted back both Chardonnay and Pinot Noir but now we are shifting to almost 100% Pinot Noir - farm work is never done.

With the replanted vineyard coming on line, we are moving to our next phase of development. We are very proud that grapes from our primary vineyard have gone to winemaker Bill Hunter at Chasseur wines and more recently to Ben Flajnik and Mike Benziger at Evolve Wines.

Meanwhile the small 2/3 acre home vineyard is fully on-line and we completed the establishment of our own nano winery at the house in which we processed grapes starting with the 2008 vintage. We do not have plans for a tasting room but we are always glad to make new wine-enthusiastic friends.