Kamen Estate Wines – Bottle Prize SONOMA 111 B East Napa St. tel. (707) 938-7292 www.kamenwines.com info@kamenwines.com 48 ac – 36,000 bt PEOPLE Growing up in a city housing project in the Bronx, Robert Kamen believes everything in life happens for a reason. In 1980 he visited Sonoma County to celebrate the sale …
Hobo Wine Company – Money Prize SANTA ROSA 412 Timothy Rd. Unit C tel. (707) 755-7133 www.hobowines.com davoe@hobowines.com 14 ac – 360,000 bt PEOPLE Sonoma County native Kenny Likitprakong launched Hobo Wine Co. in 2002 with the goal of converting his wine- wary skater friends to a laid-back and unassuming wine drinking culture, …
Limerick Lane – Snail Prize HEALDSBURG 1023 Limerick Ln. tel. (707) 433-9211 www.limericklanewines.com info@limericklanewines.com 30 ac – 60,000 bt ‘‘Specializing in Zinfandel and Rhone varietals, Limerick Lane is setting an example through virtuous viticulture and by preserving century old vineyards, carving out terroir driven wines of great depth, complexity and drinkability’’ PEOPLE …
Scherrer Winery – Bottle Prize SEBASTOPOL 4940 Ross Rd. tel. (707) 823-8980 www.scherrerwinery.com info@scherrerwinery.com 20 ac – 72,000 bt PEOPLE Fred and Judi Scherrer introduced their first wine, a Zinfandel, in 1991, and by 1997 were able to establish their own winemaking facility outside Sebastopol, CA. Fred is the winemaker and Judi …
Enfield Wine Co. – Bottle Prize SANTA ROSA 1160b Hopper Ave. tel. (707) 287-4519 www.enfieldwine.com info@enfieldwine.com 11 ac – 21,600 bt PEOPLE John Lockwood’s Enfield Wine Co. is a new icon in California Cabernet but his releases span broadly across grapes and price points. He works out of a custom crush facility in Santa …
Winery Sixteen 600 – Bottle Prize SONOMA 589 1st St. tel. (707) 721-1805 www.winerysixteen600.com 2 ac – 8,300 bt PEOPLE Founded in 2007, Sixteen 600 winery is named after the address of Sonoma-based grape grower and organic pioneer Phil Coturri, who was among the first to experiment with organic and biodynamic farming in northern …
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 …
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” …
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 …