Vineyard and Winery / Our Lifestyles
To us, wine in moderation is part of a healthy, balanced lifestyle, and enjoying a glass of wine is an important part of a meal. We call these our lifestyle wines because they are made to pair well with the diverse flavors in today's popular cuisines. Taken in sequence you have the wines for a four course meal; separately, you have wine to complement any food.
Pinot Gris | appetizers & first course
dry, crisp white wine fermented in steel (no oak)
This white wine combines bright fruit with depth and mellowness. Pinot Gris has layers of melon and citrus, mineral and spice. It is supurb with smoked salmon, crab cakes and main dish salads such as chicken Caesar salad.
Evolution | appetizers & first course
fruity and slightly sweet blend of white grape varietals
Our proprietary blend is a parade of flavors across the palate. The nine white grape varieties that compose this wine layer seamlessly. It has intense fruit but a dry finish. Evolution is extraordinary with spicy cuisine, like Thai, Indian, Mexican or Cajun.
Pinot Noir | entreé
medium bodied, earthy red wine
This is our focus and the only red wine we make. Complex flavors of black cherry, leather, earth, spice and mocha couple with soft tannins to make an elegant wine. Pinot Noir pairs well with many foods, including grilled salmon, lamb and chicken; mushrooms; and wild game such as duck or pheasant.
White Reisling Dessert Wine | dessert
extremely sweet, golden dessert wine made from the White Riesling varietal
The concentrated nectar of the grape is balanced by enough acididty to create the perfect dessert wine. It is great by itself or you can pair it with a chocolate truffle, walnuts and blue cheese or a fruit tart.
Estate Vineyard Single Block Pinot Noir Program
Expressing our sense of place ("terrior") shows best in our bottling of Pinot Noir from individual blocks within our estate vineyards. This started in 1998 when our new winemaker, Russ Rosner, noted the distinctiveness of the barrels from different blocks of our estate Pinot Noir. The wines we chose to bottle separately were from our oldest blocks of grapes planted between 1972 and 1975: Watershed Block, Old Vineyard Block and Twelve Row Block. Although separated by only 200 feet of elevation and less than one-half mile, the wine each have their own personality.
Our Single Block wines are bottled in very small quantities and only from vintages where the quality is truly exceptional.
