Vineyards
Our vineyard partners are like family. Winemaker and co-owner, Greg La Follette has known and worked with our growers for decades and works hand-in-hand to nurture and bring out the best from the land.
Harmony Lane Vineyard (Our Estate)
Harmony Lane occupies a three-acre site in the Sonoma Coast AVA. Our vineyard is planted solely to pinot noir and lies in cherished Goldridge soil just below a ridgeline at about 800 feet. This elevation puts the vineyard right at the edge of the marine layer: the fog laps the vineyard like a shoreline, creating a dynamic warm-and-cool environment that creates wines of elegant bearing and tight precision.
Grape Varietal: Pinot Noir
Appellation: Sonoma Coast
Clones: 115, 667, 777
Soil: Goldridge
Farming: Organic
van der Kamp Vineyard
At 1,500 feet elevation on the north facing bench of Sonoma Mountain, van der Kamp vineyard has some of the oldest Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier vineyards with plantings dating back to 1952. Its thin topsoil combined with loam, volcanic material and decomposed river bed leads to a more structured wine and a very unique terroir. It is farmed using environmentally sustainable practices.
Ulysses van der Kamp walks the vineyard daily and embraces his father’s belief that “the best fertilizer for a vineyard is the shadow of the farmer”. These dramatically sloping vineyards are farmed organically, with a focus on environmental sustainability and the unique needs of each individual vine.
Grape Varietal: Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier
Appellation: Sonoma Mountain
Clones: La Tache, 828, 777
Soil: Loam with volcanic material and decomposed riverbed
Farming: Organic
Manchester Ridge Vineyard
Manchester Ridge Vineyard hovers above the fog line at the edge of the rugged Mendocino coast above Point Arena at 2,000 feet elevation. No other vineyard endures what nature throws at it in the way of wind, rain, temperature, and weathered soil. And yet Manchester Ridge’s extremes allow its chardonnay fruit to hang longer, nurturing ripeness and complexity without giving up acidity and freshness. Greg La Follette has coaxed award-winning wines from this vineyard for over a decade.
Grape Varietals: Pinot Noir and Chardonnay
Appellation: Mendocino Ridge
Clones: 78, 114, 115, 777, 809, Old Wente,
Soil: Ornbaum, Bedrock
Farming: Organic
Bien Nacido Vineyard
The vineyard was planted in 1973. Bob and Steve Miller called it Bien Nacido,
meaning well born in Spanish, because of the passion and commitment they shared in bringing it to life. Bien Nacido is located in the Santa Maria Valley, one of the coolest wine growing climates in California. The terroir is a combination of rocky soils, cool climate and ocean influence. The vineyard is located at the eastern opening of a transverse (east to west) mountain range, funneling in a steady wash of cool marine air. The soil structure is diverse, made up primarily of sandy loam, chalk, gravelly loam and marine loam.
Grape Varietal: Chardonnay
Appellation: Santa Maria Valley
Soil: Tectonic, sandy Loam, shale
Farming: Organic and Certified Sustainable (SIP, CCSW)
Lorenzo Vineyard
Located near the Laguna de Santa Rosa in Russian River Valley, Lorenzo Vineyard was established in 1973 and is one of the oldest chardonnay plantings in the appellation at 51 years old. It is meticulously farmed by the Bazzano family and is renowned for its track record of world-class quality.
Grape Varietal: Chardonnay
Appellation: Russian River Valley
Clones: Old Wente,
Soil: Wright Loam
Farming: Certified Sustainable (Fish Friendly Farming)
Betty Ann Vineyard
The Betty Ann Vineyard is located in the Santa Rosa Plains neighborhood of the Russian River Valley AVA. Originally planted by William Guptil in the early 1900s and now owned by Clark and Bonny Lystra, the French Colombard vines are some of the oldest in Sonoma County at over 100 years old. The vines are head-trained and pruned with no irrigation or cover crop.
Grape Varietal: French Colombard
Appellation: Russian River Valley
Age: 124 years old - Historic Vineyard Society
Farming: Dry-farmed, Organic
Wes Cameron Ranch
Wes Cameron Ranch is one of Sonoma County’s historic vineyards, dating back to the mid-1800s when the land was purchased by Alonzo Meacham. It is now owned by Alonzo’s great, great grandchildren, Laurie Cornelssen and Butch Cameron. The Colombard vines were planted in the early 1960s and continue to thrive to this day.
Grape Varietals: French Colombard
Appellation: Russian River Valley
Age: 60 years old
Farming: Traditional
Bechthold Vineyard
Captivating, ethereal and smooth are some of the adjectives that one often expresses when tasting wine made from the old vine Cinsault grapes of Bechthold Vineyard. Planted in 1886 by German immigrant, Joseph Spenker, it holds the distinction of being the world’s oldest planting of Cinsault. The 25 acres of organic Cinsault are ungrafted, head-trained and dry-farmed.
Grape Varietal: Cinsaut
Appellation: Mokelumne River, Lodi, San Joaquin County
Age: 138 years old - Historic Vineyard Society
Soil: Sandy loam
Farming: Dry-farmed, Organic
Jessie’s Grove “Royal Tee” Vineyard
The 5-acre Royal Tee vineyard at Jessie’s Grove near the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta town of Lodi has endured for 128 years. Originally planted in the midst of 320 loamy, oak-studded acres by pioneer Joseph Spenker and named for his daughter Jessie, the property is now farmed by Greg Burns, Spenker’s great great grandson. The gnarly vines, resembling stunted oaks, are comprised of 86 percent head-trained Zinfandel, with a field blend of Black Prince, Flame Tokay and Mission grapes. The last jewels in the treasure chest are ancient Carignan vines.
Grape Varietals: Zinfandel, Carignan, Black Prince, Flame Tokay and MIssion
Appellation: Mokelumne River, Lodi, San Joaquin County
Soil: Sandy loam
Farming: Dry-farmed, organic