Rock Wall Wine Company
August 15, 2019 | By Glenda Cunningham
The Rock Wall Wine Company represents a new chapter in the East Bay, urban winemaking scene, offering wine lovers one of the most unique experiences in the wine world. Established in 2008 by a small group of wine industry veterans, including consulting winemaker Kent Rosenblum, daughter and winemaker Shauna Rosenblum, at just 29 years of […]
Three Wine Company
July 9, 2019 | By freshmint
Three Wine Company was established in 2007 by Matt & Erin Cline. Their philosophy for “three” is simple – dirt, microclimate and sustainable wine growing from the vine to the bottle. “Sustainable agriculture is what we’ve always practiced,” says Matt Cline. “Discing and dry farming have been part of our farming techniques from the beginning, […]
Wilson Artisan Wineries
July 9, 2019 | By freshmint
Wilson Winery is distinguished not only by its outstanding wines, but by the twin pillars of family and tradition on which its reputation rests. The tradition pre-dates the winery’s founding in 1993 and is evident in the century-old tin barn that houses the Wilson’s facility. One of the oldest structures in the legendary Dry Creek […]
Seghesio Family Vineyards
July 9, 2019 | By freshmint
Seghesio Family Vineyards is woven into the history and fabric of the Sonoma County wine industry. From the turn of the last century, through Prohibition and the Great Depression, throughout the challenges of survival in the 20th and 21st centuries, it is the story of one family’s adaptation and reinvention, not once, but multiple times. […]
Scott Harvey Wines
July 9, 2019 | By freshmint
Scott Harvey’s long career in the wine business was, until recently, in others’ wineries. After his student days in Sacramento, he headed back to Germany (where he had been an exchange student in high school) to train in the Pfalz region. On his return, Scott landed back in his native Amador County in the Sierra […]
Ridge Lytton Springs
July 9, 2019 | By freshmint
Dry Creek Valley Surrounded by beautiful 115-year-old vines, our eco-sustainable Lytton Springs Winery stands as one of the most unique sites in all of Sonoma County’s wine country. A natural extension of Ridge’s commitment to sustainable vineyard and winery practices, this remarkable facility (built of straw bales and vineyard clay, and primarily solar-powered) is a […]
Ridge Vineyards
July 9, 2019 | By freshmint
Ridge’s history begins in 1885, when Osea Perrone, a doctor and prominent member of San Francisco’s Italian community, bought 180 acres near the top of Monte Bello Ridge in the Santa Cruz Mountains. He planted vineyards and constructed a winery of redwood and native limestone in time to produce the first vintage of Monte Bello […]
McNab Ridge Winery
July 9, 2019 | By freshmint
As one of the pioneers of California’s Wine Industry, the Parducci family has been devoted to handcrafting premium Mendocino County wines for over 70 years. They source only the finest grapes from dedicated growers and strive to enhance what nature has provided and produce wines of distinction. Winemaker Rich Parducci leads a small dedicated group […]
McCay Cellars
July 9, 2019 | By freshmint
McCay Cellars has a simple goal: to make wine with a sense of presence and character that expresses the trueness of the vineyard. Michael McCay and his family have farmed in the Lodi AVA for 25 years. Michael McCay’s journey of making/producing wine began in 1994 with a small batch from the TruLux Vineyard, the […]
Fields Family Wines
June 25, 2019 | By freshmint
Set in the heart of the Lodi AVA – A ‘micro-winery’ by all accounts. We specialize in hands-on winemaking, making premium wines in very small lots – all wines are crafted from select vineyards based on our criteria. Small premium producer. Fourteen hundred cases annually. No distribution. Native yeast fermentations. Russ and Melinda purchased the […]
