Cobb Wines – Bottle Prize OCCIDENTAL PO Box 426 tel. (707) 799-1073 www.Cobbwines.com thefamily@cobbwines.com 19 ac – 11,000 bt PEOPLE Father and son team, David and Ross Cobb founded the winery in 2001 and it began as a Pinot Noir passion project, focusing on the rewarding challenge of working with that grape. Long …
Bonny Doon Vineyard – Bottle Prize DAVENPORT 450 Hwy. 1 tel. (888) 819-6789 www.bonnydoonvineyard.com tastingroom@bonnydoonvineyard.com 10 ac – 444,000 bt PEOPLE The name Randall Grahm is synonymous with eclectic innovation; California’s current viticultural biodiversity has been enriched in large part by Grahm’s far-sighted experimentations. Grahm got his start at a wine shop in Los …
Front Porch Farm – Snail Prize HEALDSBURG 2550 Rio Lindo Ave. tel. (707) 433-8683 www.fpfarm.com info@fpfarm.com 12 ac – 24,000 bt ‘‘Owners Mimi and Peter Buckley started Front Porch Farm with a vision—to grow healthy food, create something beautiful, and to gather people together. Their estate wines are very much part of that vision” …
Frog’s Leap – Snali Prize 8815 Conn Creek Rd. tel. (707) 963-4704 www.frogsleap.com ribbit@frogsleap.com 250 ac – 720,000 bt ‘‘Frog’s Leap is a testament to being a commercially successful winery while taking care of the land, one’s workers and making quality wine at honest prices” PEOPLE Founded in 1981 with the funds from …
Arnot-Roberts – Bottiglia HEALDSBURG PO Box 1137 tel. (707) 433-2400 www.arnotroberts.com mail@arnotroberts.com 0 ac – 93,000 bt PEOPLE Native Napans and childhood friends Nathan Lee Roberts and Duncan Arnot Meyers grew up wine industry-adjacent and wine piqued their interested at an early age Nathan’s father practiced the all but lost art of cooperage. …
Baker Lane Vineyards – Best Value Prize SEBASTOPOL 7361 Baker Lane tel. (707) 823-2496 www.bakerlanevineyards.com info@bakerlanevineyards.com 6ac – 24,000bt PEOPLE Stephen Singer thrives in the convergence between the serendipitous and the technical, San Francisco thus beng a natural and fortuitous city in which to land. After years as a wine educator and consultant in …
Rhys Vineyards – Bottle Prize LOS GATOS 11715 Skyline Blvd. tel. (866) 511-1520 www.rhysvineyards.com 105 ac – 120,000 bt PEOPLE The 2004 harvest was the first vintage released by entrepreneur Kevin Harvey’s Rhys Vineyards (pronounced REESE), one of the bright new stars of California winemaking today. Javier Tapia is the …
Unti Vineyards – Snail Prize HEALDSBURG 4202 Dry Creek Rd. tel. (707) 433-5590 www.untivineyards.com info@untivineyards.com 60 ac – 100,000 bt ‘‘George Unti, whose parents emigrated from a small Tuscan town near Lucca, grew up on a farm in Madera, but it wasn’t until his retirement that he began growing grapes” PEOPLE …
Stony Hill Vineyard ST. HELENA PO Box 308 tel. (707) 963-2636 www.stonyhillvineyard.com info@stonyhillvineyard.com 40 ac – 48,000 bt ‘‘Stony Hill, founded 70 years ago by Fred and Eleanor McCrea, was sold to long-time family friends the Ted Hall family in August 2018″ PEOPLE This year marks winemaker Mike Chelini’s 45th harvest at …
Small Vines SEBASTOPOL 2160 Green Hill Rd. tel. (707) 823-0886 www.smallvines.com info@smallvines.com 14 ac – 30,000 bt PEOPLE Kathryn and Paul Sloan began in the wine business as vineyard managers 20 years ago. Having both grown up on farms, the workload and rhythms came naturally. Paul was fascinated with the wines and …