Making great wine is our first priority; and every great wine comes from excellent fruit.  So it begins with the terroir.  Northern California is truly exceptional in that regard, as it includes some of the world’s finest wine making regions.  From the world-famous Napa and Sonoma Counties to the less-renowned regions in the North Coast, Sierra Foothills, Central Valley, Central Coast, and San Francisco Bay, it is a Winemaker’s dream.  Each region, and indeed each vineyard, has its own unique attributes of climate, soil, and topography.  A great winemaker uses these tools to achieve a vision of a truly great wine.  

Our Winemaker, Anthony Austin, will put those tools to use, along with his remarkable skills and decades of experience, to create unforgettable wines. Anthony defines a great wine as one that has nuance and complexity.  And the reason is simple: it’s more rewarding to drink such a wine, because it can give you something different with each sip. Enjoying a really good glass of wine is like a small voyage of discovery with delightful surprises at every turn.  Anthony is often heard to compare a good wine to a great tune performed on a piano.  “It’s not the note you care about”, says Austin.  “It’s how the notes are interacting.  It’s the wine that has a thousand components, rather than one loud voice, that’s going to be the wine you’d want to have on a desert island, because it is so much more rewarding.”