Our Marin County Vineyard

Our vineyards ages span between nine and eighteen years. Vines are spaced 9 feet by 5 feet apart and our trellis system is an open canopy with cane pruning, allowing air and sunlight to pass easily onto the grape bunches. Perfect for premium winegrowing.

In recent years mankind's technology has increased the ability to extract maximum agricultural gains through unnatural chemical additives and so-called "factory farming". Luckily, most Marin County farmers, including ourselves, have a strong desire to farm the land more naturally, to listen to Mother Nature’s cycles, and to encourage the development of natural flora and fauna to keep everything in balance.

We farm our Pey-Marin vineyards organically, which seems to make a lot of sense to us. We use natural cover crops such as yellow mustard to naturally add nitrogen and beneficial microbes to the soil instead on inorganic fertilizers. Our winemaking philosophy is based in our firm belief that fine wines are first made in the vineyard. By this we mean that crafting great wines requires superb quality grapes - which can only come from unique, well-tended vineyards. Marin County is fortunate to have diverse soils and long, cool growing season which provide tons of flavor and finesse.

Crush Time

"Crush Time" is like no other. It's the proverbial "bottom of the ninth and the bases are loaded!" The decision to harvest will impact all the work we did in the vineyards over the previous year. If we harvest too early our wines will be green and hard - if we harvest too late they will be overly alcoholic and "pruney". Timing the harvest decision correctly is crucial to fine winemaking and requires an experienced artistic touch supported by available science.

In the end, crush time is really quite fun. You get muddy, sweaty, covered in purple juice and no one gets mad at you!