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"From Wine What Sudden Friendship Springs"
John Gay 1685-1732"Wine is Bottled Poetry"
Robert Louis Stevenson"Wine cheers the sad, revives the old, inspires the young, makes weariness forget his toil"
Lord Byron"If food is the body of good living, wine is its soul."
Clifton Fadiman"Here's to the corkscrew-a useful key to unlock the storehouse of wit, the treasury of laughter, the front door of fellowship, and the gate of pleasant folly".
W.E.P. French"A sight of the label is worth 50 years experience."
Michael Broadbent Wine Tasting"In water one sees one's own face; But in wine, one beholds the heart of another."
An Old French proverb"What contemptible scoundrel stole the cork from my lunch?"
W.C. Fields"Wine makes every meal an occasion, every table more elegant, every day more civilized."
Andre SimonWinemakers
What other profession blends both science and art as beautifully as winemaking?
This page is dedicated to the extraordinary people who work with both heaven and earth to create the wines in our offering. Please allow us to introduce those who can who can turn sunshine into wine...
Barry Grushkowitz
'06 Sangiacomo Vineyards Chardonnay, Sonoma Valley, '06 Los Chamizal Vineyards Zinfandel, Sonoma Valley and '05 Hopper Creek Winery Estate Merlot, Yountville
A fine winemaker and an even finer man. Barry has been the winemaker for Hopper Creek Winery in Yountville since 2005. He is a Bay Area native, born in San Francisco and raised in Petaluma. Throughout his career he has earned many awards for his wines, particularly those crafted from Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon grapes. He works with small lot fermentations using whole cluster pressing for white grapes and hand punchdowns for all red varietals. These gentle methods help preserve fruitiness and maintain the balanced tannins of his wines.
David Platt
'04 Canzona Vineyards (Bordeaux-style) Cabernet Sauvignon
David is a second generation winemaker who has a great passion for Bordeaux varieties. "My hope is to express my lifelong study of music and harmony in the making of wine, studying the art of winemaking, which, like the art of music, can never be perfected, but can produce beauty and joy." David's wine philosophy: "I want to make a wine that is balanced and elegant, yet approachable. I don't believe a wine has to be aggressive to be impressive. In music, balance of tones and colors creates harmony; and so it should be with wine." In this 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon, the intricate flavor profiles of a few selected, carefully tended vineyards, are nurtured from grape to wine and blended with that same sense of harmony.