Justin Miller 6th Generation CalifornianAlexander Valley Justin – “Wines driven by soils only exist from exceptional vineyards. The location is crucial… Years of understanding your land, soil variations, rootstock adaptation, and clonal selection – and of...
JOHN BALLETTO Risk Taker Russian River Valley John showed us a map of the area with an overlay of the vineyards now under his purview. He explained them one at a time detailing the specifics of each site. The last one, located far out on Burnside Road, he seemed to...
Prudy Foxx “The Vine Whisperer”Santa Cruz Mountains At our first meeting, Prudy compared the deep, sandy soils of Corralitos to a Great White Shark (both are fast to adapt to the ambient temperature of their surroundings). Then she promptly led us to two...
Jim McCutchen One Man ShowPine Mountain / Cloverdale Peaks Jim has been working on this same piece of land for 75-years. When we first met him he came rumbling down the hill on his ATV, two dogs barking from the back seat. As he approached us, I was taken aback at his...
Rory + Vince Bartolomei Brothers Barto!Talmage, Mendocino The Bartolomei Family moved to the property originally as homesteaders in the late 1800s. Vines went in early, and the family has been in the grower business ever since. The commune of Talmage feels like the...
