Our vin de soif wines, the Allegory Series are North Coast table wines designed to be consumed at the beach, over a Thursday night game of cribbage or any other time you want a fresh, easy drinking wine at an affordable price. We craft these wines with love and whimsy and hope they will bring joy and celebration to your table no matter how small the occasion.
A perennial favorite form Luke Miller’s beautiful, biodynamically farmed vineyard in Potter Valley. Raised in large, plastic egg-shaped tanks and bottled as soon as it ferments dry, The Hatchling, is the perfect wine for all your Spring gatherings. With a little extra spice in the mix, the 2025 Hatchling has complex aromas of pear and guava fruit, featuring stone fruit on the palate and a bright, zingy finish.
12.5% alcohol
$25/bottle
Our first bottling of a full skin contact, sans-soufre white wine. Fermented dry on its skins, pressed directly into barrels and then aged for 10 months before bottling. Complex, invigorating and pleasantly bitter, the Fairy’s Sister is a great refresher for any season. Lemon flower and tropical fruit aromas make way for a citrus and peach-fuzz-pithy mouthful of wine. A little like sitting under a lemon tree and peeling a guava, only to find pink grapefruit under the skin!
No sulfur additions
12% alcohol
Unfined and Unfiltered
$25/bottle
We’ve farmed this little one-acre vineyard at the entrance to Dry Creek Valley since 2018 and have always dedicated its grapes to making our dry version of classic California White Zinfandel. Bright Barbie Doll pink in color with notes of strawberry and cinnamon in the nose and watermelon and berry on the palate. It finishes dry with pleasant acidity and a tangy freshness.
11.5% alcohol
Unfined and Unfiltered
$25/bottle
85% Carignan and 15% Zinfandel from George Ricetti’s vineyard planted in the 1960’s in Redwood Valley. Rich and fruity with a core of pleasing acidity from the old vine Carignan and a helping of Zinfandel spice. The wine is medium weight on the palate, a lovely deep garnet color and displays flavors of red plum, dark berries and earth. Tastes great chilled.
Total additions: 30 ppm sulfur.
13.5% alcohol
Unfined and Unfiltered
$25/bottle
The Snake Oil Series are small-batch and one-off wines that allow us room to play and experiment while remaining true to what Mother Nature gives us. Each vintage presents new and exciting conundrums as to how to make delicious wine. Sometimes, we will taste a barrel in the winery that is so unique, we feel it should be bottled on its own.
A moon powered blend of Chardonnay from the historic Lolonis Vineyard in Redwood Valley, Sauvignon Musqué from the beautiful biodynamic Vecino Vineyard in Potter Valley. We rack our wines and top our barrels according to the lunar calendar paying attention to when the moon is waxing/waning and how this effects the temperament of the wine. Custard, lime and honey aromatics give way to notes of honeycomb, butterscotch, kiwi and a hint of quinine on the palate. Rich and ripely textured on the front end, the wine finishes with plenty of sassy acidity. An adult cream soda!
Total Additions: 10ppm sulfur
12.5% Alcohol
Unfined and Unfiltered
$30/Bottle
Introduced after the 2018 fire season heralded an era of devastating wildfires in California, Firebird is our testament to the struggle, hope, and resilience of life and beauty rising from the ashes.
The 2025 bottling expresses the vintage with bright acidity wrapping around a rich, almost oily mid-palate with lovely oxidative notes of honeysuckle, pear and almond.
12.5% alcohol
No Sulfur Additions
Unfined and Unfiltered
$30/bottle
Our first vintage of the Short Mac is a playful co-ferment of early harvest Zinfandel and Carignan from the Castañon Vineyard in Redwood Valley. The grapes were foot-stomped to start, and then gently punched to keep extraction slow. After four days, with the color going ruby and the tannin just beginning to show, we pressed the wine and transferred it to neutral barrels to finish fermentation. The Short Mac offers subtle red berry fruit character with a generous helping of Zinfandel spice. It’s light on the palate with translucent ruby coloring and shows best when chilled.
20 ppm sulfur
Alcohol 12.50%
Unfined and Unfiltered
$27/Bottle
Our Friends Federica (Freddie) and Jose (Joe) farm this forgotten vineyard near their home in Healdsburg. The vines are well over 100 years old, a blend of unknown red and white varieties, head-trained and farmed without tractors, chemicals, or irrigation.
The wine is dark but full of sunshine, with aromas of blackberry, cardamom, and flint. It’s brambly and a little wild, with dark fruit and lots of energy – old California in a glass!
12.5% alcohol
Unfined and Unfiltered
$30/Bottle
With a winegrowing history going back to the 1860’s, Sonoma Mountain is among the oldest wine regions in Northern California. It covers most of the northeast-facing slope of the mountain that looks across Sonoma Valley at the Mayacamas mountain range. It’s limited to elevations above 400’, where the terrain helps to moderate temperatures. Richer than the 2023 vintage, It’s a classic Cali Merlot with a lush velvety texture, lots of plummy fruit and a touch of peppery spice.
12.5% alcohol
Unfined and Unfiltered
$28/bottle
The Spider Chase Series wines are small batch production from rare and distinguished vineyards in the coastal ranges of Sonoma and Mendocino Counties. These wines hail from the remote AVAs of Fort Ross-Seaview and Mendocino Ridge where the vineyards are high in elevation and kissed by cool Pacific breezes. Designed for cellaring, enjoy the Spider Chase Series wines after decanting or with a few years bottle age.
Please note that we have suspended out-of-state shipping until the weather cools down. Any orders placed now will be shipped in the Fall after harvest. Enjoy your Summer!
Mendocino Ridge is the name given to the rugged range of mountains that’s bordered on the east by Anderson Valley and the west by the Pacific Ocean. The AVA is defined by elevation and consists of a smattering of vineyards planted on a few flat ridge tops. Perli sits at 2000 feet making for a wine with defined acidity and a distinct aromatic profile. The 2022 vintage is a classic Cali Chardonnay with aromas of lemon curd and white lilies. On the palate, the wine is richly textured with flavors of sliced almond and citrus zest. The long, mouthwatering finish is a little reminiscent of buttery apple tartin.
Total additions: 15ppm sulfur. Alcohol 12.5%
Unfined and Unfiltered
$30/Bottle
Mendocino Ridge is the name given to the rugged range of mountains that’s bordered on the east by Anderson Valley and the west by the Pacific Ocean. The AVA is defined by elevation and consists of a smattering of vineyards planted on a few flat ridge tops. Perli sits at 2000 feet making for a wine with defined acidity and a distinct aromatic profile. Notes of vanilla cream and lemon curd with flavors of cooked honey, almond and citrus zest. It finishes with zippy acidity and lots of length.
Total Additions: 16ppm sulfur
Alcohol 13%
Unfined and Unfiltered
$42/bottle
The Gianoli family immigrated from Prata, Italy in 1882 and soon after planted 20 acres of Zinfandel. The old winery and tavern they built is still onsite and the old vines made it past the 100-year mark before being replaced in 1993. Grown in sand and on their own root stock, Gianoli Ranch makes a classic Zinfandel with aromas of allspice and berry compote. The 2021 reflects its warm vintage and is a big boy with broad shoulders and sexy ruggedness. That said, the fruit character is distinctively Gianoli with plenty of red fruit, spice and nuance.
Total additions: 15ppm sulfur.
Alcohol 13.5%
Unfined and Unfiltered
$36/Bottle
Water Horse Ridge Vineyard is located in the Fort Ross-Seaview appellation, 1700 feet high on Stewart Ridge, with views of the Pacific Ocean to the west. Jesus Velasquez and Patricia Greer planted the 2-acre vineyard in 1997 and farm organically with no synthetic pesticides or fertilizers. Pennyroyal and cherry highlight the 2021’s aromatics. On the palate the wine is strongly structured, with flavors of mint and tart black cherry emerging from the firm texture. The wine finishes with dusty tannins and classic Waterhorse Ridge acidity.
Alcohol 12.5%
Unfined and Unfiltered
$55/bottle
