Getting It!

I was talking to one of our Pinot fanatic guests at the Tasting Room recently about all of the great new vineyard sites that we have coming on-line from the 2009 and 2010 vintages: Londer Estate and Savoy from Anderson Valley; Donum Estate from Carneros; Tondre Grapefield and Soberanes Ranch from the Santa Lucia Highlands; and Gran Moraine from the Yamhill-Carlton district in Oregon, and it really hit me how many great relationships we have built and are building with people who are as passionate about growing great Pinot Noir as we are about making great Pinot Noir.

And I got this sort of mental thought bubble while we were talking of a map with a growing number of pins in places that are perfect for growing world-class Pinot and about all the hard work that goes into making a special place and a special wine ready to show to the world that special-ness.

It is really exciting to think that in the next 12 to 24 months our guests and club members will be able to taste these amazing wines and that the two ends of the loop - from ground and grape to wine in the glass - will have been finally linked together for thoses vintages by someone who gets it!