Our vineyard sits on top of a very steep hill and looks cartoonish - like the drawing from a Dr. Seuss story! It's up above the fog line and gets delicious-warm-loving sun during the final stretch of the growing season in August. These grapes are usually the first Red Grape to come into the winery and are usually very, VERY SWEET - 27.0 Brix - it makes gorgeous wine!! Our 2018 Zinfandel has bright cranberry, lifesaver candy, ripe black cherry, and is a delightful mouthful of candied fruit! These luscious fruit flavors combine with rich chocolate, vanilla-mocha, Asian spice, and white pepper to end on a lusciously smooth finish. You will love this wine. It's been aging 1 year in barrel, showing its true LOVE. Our Zinfandels are bright and candied with soft tannins - very different from their robust Dry Creek Cousins. Russian River Zinfandel takes about 2 years to really shine, but once it does - it easily overtakes all other Sonoma County AVA's. Give it a try - this is wonderful!  ~ Nancy

Awards & Accolades

GOLD - 2022 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition

This wine, “Los Amigos,” - means “the friends.” The wine, like its name, is very inviting and lovely to enjoy. The vineyard is small, looks unkempt, and grows right next to the freeway on the east side of the road. It’s an older vineyard and one of the best I have ever worked with. Zinfandel vines are funny - they look tired and worn out, and the fruit is better the uglier the vines look! LOL. We have just taken home GOLD, DOUBLE GOLD, AND 3 Silver medals on this wine and expect to receive gold soon! Enjoy a glass with a friend...  ~ Nancy

ACCOLADES
PLATINUM / 95 Points - Critic’s Challenge ’21
GOLD - 2022 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
GOLD / 94 Points - Sunset Wine Competition ’21
Silver – San Diego Int'l Wine Competition 2019
Silver – San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition 2019
Silver - Sonoma County Harvest Fair 2018
Silver - 2021 International Women’s Wine Competition

Our little Ponytails yield mighty flavors of concentrated blackberry, ripe fig, high-toned cherry, white pepper, and violets, all on a dreamy bed of vanilla crème and mocha pillows.  It is grown North of the town of Healdsburg just a heartbeat from the Healdsburg Airport.  The vines are small and struggle to grow in soil rich in gravel and hilly conditions.  We let this vintage hang well into the first week of harvest - but a blast of hot air - from a heatwave -brought us to our knees and we picked these. This wine is rich in white pepper, violets, bright blackberry, and dark chocolate on the finish.  Only 75 cases made and it may come down to first-come-first-serve for this beautiful wine. With 16.5% alcohol - this wine is certainly not shy but well balanced and lovely! Took GOLD at the 2020 SAN FRANCISCO WINE COMPETITION.  More will certainly follow.  Thank you to our growers Laurie and Robert Pouseman at the Pony Ranch in Healdsburg!  Sante!  Nancy

These wine infused Premium Oak Pellets are made right here in Wine Country by owners Brenda and Tom Reed.  They use wood that was aging in California Red Wines for 3-18 months prior to drying and pelletizing.  The wines used may be one or more varietals like Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, Caberne Franc, Merlot, Syrah, or Petite Sirah from sunny California.  Add and enrich the flavors during your BBQ any time.  Makes a great gift for that special someone either back yard BBQ or camping n the go! 

We have a very limited supply of this wine, and down to a few cases. Nancy has made another blockbuster port. It is Dark-Dense-Delicious with flavors of blackberry, cassis, and blueberries complemented with notes of dark milk chocolate, this is sweet and viscous in the mouth, blanketing the palate with a fine, velvety tannin. We have only 100 cases in barrel and are making it available now.

Awards & Accolades

Best of Class - Orange County ‘17
Double GOLD - Orange County ‘17
Best of Class - California State Fair Wine Comp ‘14
Best of California - California State Fair Wine Comp ‘14
Best of Class - LA International Wine Competition ‘14
Double Gold - LA International Wine Competition ‘14
GOLD - San Diego Wine Competition ‘14
GOLD - Orange County Fair Wine Comp ‘14
GOLD - Orange County 2017
GOLD - SF Chronicle Wine Comp ‘18
Silver - West Coast Wine Comp ‘18
Silver - New World Wine Comp ‘18
Silver – Orange County Wine Comp '18