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This is where we work. Although it isn’t really “work” if you’re having this much fun.

EXPERIMENT
TRY NEW THINGS

TRY NEW THINGS

We don’t limit our experiments to our own grapes. If we stumble across a golden opportunity – like a lot of perfect grapes being sold by another vineyard – we pounce. It’s more fun that way.
GRAPES
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GRAPES WE GROW

We plant varietals that thrive on cool nights: Pinot Noir (667, 777, 828 and Swan clones), Shiraz (Noir and 887 clones), and Riesling.
LOCATION
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Our vineyard is located in Sonoma County, California, in a little region called “Petaluma Gap.” The landscape naturally connects the cool air of the Coast to the warm air inland.
ALL NATURAL
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NO ARTIFICIAL NOTHING

Our ongoing experiment: perfect the art of coaxing the best fruit from the vineyard, using only natural ingredients.
CLIMATE
OUR RATHER UNIQUE CLIMATE

OUR RATHER UNIQUE CLIMATE

Our vineyard has two distinct climates: day and night.
During the day, it’s sunny, hot and dry. During the night, it’s cool, windy and fog-bound. Perfect for Pinot Noir and delicate cool-climate Shiraz.
PHILOSOPHY

PHILOSOPHY

Consider the corkscrew. It spins and spirals, twists and turns, yet always ends up with the same result: getting great wine into your glass.

We’re inspired by the corkscrew. We don’t follow a recipe. No. We follow inspiration. We experiment, we explore, we leave ourselves open to luck, inspiration and play.

We have one goal: make great, food-friendly wine that won’t bust your budget. Other than that, anything goes. As long as we get interesting wine into your glass, we’ve done our job.

Screwy, we know.

INVENTOR IN CHIEF
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FROM THE DESK OF KAMAL AZARI

Experimenter-in-chief. The mad scientist. The Big Corkscrew.

Like a corkscrew, he didn’t follow a straight line to get here. Born in Iran – appropriately, in the city of Shiraz. Educated in the US. Got a Ph. D. in Political Philosophy from Fordham. Had successful careers as an educator and investor, as he developed a passion for wine. Then one day, he came across the most perfect parcel of land in Sonoma County, ideally situated for a Pinot Noir vineyard.

He’s still exploring. Hasn’t looked back.