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If you’ve ever driven past our vineyard and thought, huh, those vines look kind of wild — you’re not wrong. No wires. No neat rows strung up like a fence. Just short, gnarled trunks standing on their own, arms reaching out in every direction like a bunch of little wooden candelabras. That’s called head training, […]

Most wine mistakes aren’t about the bottle you picked. They’re about the temperature you’re drinking it at. Rosé should be served fridge-cold, and red wine — yes, even a bolder one like Zinfandel — usually tastes better a little cooler than “room temperature,” which most of us set our thermostats to around 68–72°F anyway. That’s […]

Looking for wine grapes for sale near the Bay Area? We’re opening our vineyard to winemakers on August 15 and 16. Come pick fresh fruit right off our old vines in Knightsen, Contra Costa County — sold by the pound, straight from the family that grows it.

If someone said “let’s go wine tasting this weekend” and you pictured a two-hour drive to Napa, traffic on the 101, and a $45 tasting fee just to sit down — good news. Contra Costa wine country is about 50 miles east of San Francisco, tucked into the flat, sun-warmed land around Knightsen, Brentwood, and […]

You’ve probably seen “naturally grown” on a wine label and assumed it’s just organic with a friendlier name. It isn’t. They’re two different things, decided in two different ways, and the difference actually matters if you care about how your wine gets made.