News & Events
- Tuesday, July 22, 2014 Venerable wine writer and critic Pierre Dumont of the Piedmont Post has compiled his list of top ten Pinots from last month’s Pinot Days San Francisco event, and we’re pleased to say our 2011 Russian River Pinot is on that list. Full text of the article is here. How can you get a bottle of this stuff? Join our always low-key wine club, or send me a note — we will be having a release sales event next month, and as part of that we will make some of our 2011 Russian River available to those on our broader mailing list.
- Sunday, July 20, 2014 Double Gold medal, 2013 San Francisco International Wine Competition; gold medal, 2013 Best of Bay Wine Competition; on allocation
- Wednesday, June 25, 2014 We’re pleased to announce that our 2011 Green Valley Pinot Noir, Devoto Garden Vineyard, received a gold medal at this years San Francisco International Wine Competition. The 2012 vintage of that same wine, which has not yet been formally released, received a silver medal. One of the largest competitions in the world, over 4500 wines from 1400 wineries were evaluated. Last year, the 2011 Green Valley received silver as a young wine, just shortly before it was released — we entered it again this year, and the gold medal received this year reflects it’s maturation in bottle. We expect a similar ...
- Monday, June 23, 2014 The Amber Ridge Vineyard is a hillside site along Starr Road in the Russian River AVA. Amber Ridge was planted in 2000 with Dijon Pinot Noir clones 115, 667 and 777 on 101-14 rootstock. This vineyard, previously owned by Far Niente and now under the ownership of Nickel & Nickel, is farmed by seasoned veterans who practice sustainable agriculture. Wait Cellars purchased fruit from this vineyard through 2010.
- Monday, June 23, 2014 Flanagan Vineyard is a gorgeous rolling site along Starr Road in the Russian River AVA, just down the road from Amber Ridge Vineyards. The diurnal fluctuations on this site are dramatic — nice and warm during the day, then rapidly cooled by fog at night. Originally planted by Joe Martin, founder of the venerable St. Francis Winery, the site has since been purchased by Eric Flanagan. Much of the site is planted to clone #4 and Wente Chardonnay, with 5 acres dedicated to the Pommard Pinot Noir clone.