Our Vineyards

Steve Beresini farms a small vineyard in Carneros that has been producing world class Pinot Noir and Chardonnay for many years by the likes of wineries such as MacRostie.  The vineyard was planted in 1989 making it one of the more mature Pinot vineyards around.
Very low yield and careful management of the vines produces superb wine. Stomping Girl will have three rows dedicated to us, two of the Pommard clone and one of the Calera clone. These 3 rows will give us only a tiny amount–maybe three barrels of wine.  And that is fine by us because we choose to produce small lots from grapes carefully grown by small family-owned vineyards.
Steve, who has been growing vines and making wine for more than thirty years, takes excellent care of his vineyard. He retired as the winemaker at Niebaum-Coppola Winery where he worked alongside the legendary André Tchelistchef and now takes care of his vineyard full time. 

Corona Creek vineyard owners, Janet Seddon and Chris Ritcey have a unique vineyard and  one which we are very lucky to secure fruit from.  Their vineyard is only one part of their 20 acre farm, actually a very diverse farm where they grow olive trees, fruit and vegetables renowned for their high quality in the Sonoma area.
This hillside vineyard is in the Petaluma Gap area of Sonoma, benefiting from the cool fog that comes and prolongs the growing season. In 2009 this was the last vineyard we harvested.
They take a holistic, sustainable approach to farming, which we appreciate. In the addition to the Owl boxes for gopher management,  sheep are employed for the purposes of weed control, the sheep are miniature and can’t reach the ‘yummy’ grapes above them. And of course, while the sheep are at it, they help fertilize the soil!  Cover crop between the rows provide for a natural way to introduce additional nitrogen to the vineyard.  We contract about 10 rows on the hill side which produces fantastic fruit, all Dijon 115.

Lauterbach vineyard is located off of River Road behind Martinelli vineyards, in fact it is farmed by Bill Martinelli  Jr. who also tends to the Martinelli vineyards. Stew Lauterbach takes pride in his property and also makes vineyard designate Pinot Noir and Syrah from his own grapes.  Sustainable growing practices is a priority, evident by the birds of prey calling boxes and the owl boxes strewn around the vineyard. We sourced Pommard and Dijon clone from Stew in 2009 and are very happy with the results so far.  If the wine in the barrels is any indication, which it should be, the end result will be just delicious.