Forty acres of dry-farmed, certified-organic vineyard, planted in 1978 and worked by the same family ever since. Eight thousand cases a year. No shortcuts.
In 1978 Frank and Helen Marsh left their offices in San Francisco, drove ninety miles north, and bought a sloped, fog-cooled bench of land that had been used for pasture. They planted Pinot Noir cuttings the following spring on a hand-shake budget and a stubborn idea: that California could grow wine in the old, patient way.
Forty-eight harvests later, their daughter Eleanor is the winemaker and her son Sam works the vineyard. The cellar still fits inside the original redwood barn. The vines are still dry-farmed. We still make about eight thousand cases a year. And not a bottle more than the place can give us honestly.
Each lot is hand-picked at first light, sorted twice, and fermented with native yeasts. Bottled unfiltered when the wine is ready. Not when the calendar suggests it should be.
All wines & vintagesWine is made twice. First in the vineyard, then in the cellar. We've kept both jobs in the family on purpose. It is the only way we know how to make wine that tastes like a place.
"We planted Pinot before anyone in the valley would buy it. Took us six harvests before we made a wine I'd serve a guest."
"My father taught me to leave the wine alone. The vineyard is doing the work. My job is mostly to not get in its way."
"We were certified organic in 2011 and dry-farmed long before that. Sustainability isn't a marketing line here. It's the only way the land lets us keep going."
One of the most quietly serious Pinot Noir producers in the Russian River Valley. Hill & Vine continues to make wines of restraint, transparency and patience.
The tasting room is the same redwood barn Frank and Helen built in '79. We pour four to six wines, walk the estate block, and rarely rush. Reservations open ninety days out.
Four current releases plus one library pour, walked through by a member of the family or our cellar team. Roughly seventy-five minutes.
Restaurant & sommelier accounts welcome. Please contact our trade team for the current allocation list and MSA. National distribution through Skurnik (West) and Vintus (East).
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