Information on our previous (no longer available) releases will always be available in our library page, including notes on how these older wines are maturing.

Our current releases are available Our wines page.

• Melon de Bourgogne (AKA Muscadet) (no releases yet)
  In 2004 we planted 100 vines of this grape, from which we now have about 30 gallons of wine in the tank from the 2006 harvest. We have enlarged this vineyard by another 150 plants in early 2005, and another 175 plants in Spring 2006, yielding perhaps as much as 60 gallons from 2007 onwards.

  [update: Spring 2008] We have just completed planting another ~400 plants on an adjacent hillside. See our vineyards page for more details.

  Our first harvest is too small for the traditional Muscadet-region style "sur lies" barrel aging, so we will be making it in a simple clean dry style. I'm afraid we do not anticipate releasing this wine at all due to the small amount.

  Please see Our history with Melon and General information for more information about this wonderful yet unheralded wine.

  [update: Autumn 2008] This was a difficult (meaning late) growing year. We did a fruit thinning so as to enhance ripening of what was left, and have successfully brought in about 3/4 ton of grapes. We're finally on track to have a Melon still wine by late 2009 or early 2010.

  [update: Summer 2010] We've been selling the 2008 vintage MdB for the past 6 months or so -- it's almost sold out!

• Pinot Gris (no releases yet)
  We have hopes of producing a local Pinot Gris from the 2008 harvest. As this is very tentative, I'm afraid I can't go into further details just yet.

  [update: Autumn 2008] No Pinot Gris this year, although some rootstock trials look promising for the future.

  [update: Summer 2010] This source did not materialize as hoped.

• Siegerrebe (no releases yet)
  We hope to produce a dry version of this wine as we absolutely adore it, and it ripens so perfectly here in the PS AVA cool maritime climate. This will be from new plantings that have not even begun yet, so don't hold your breath waiting for it...

  [Update Spring 2008] We have just completed planting about 1/2 acre (350 plants). See our vineyards page for more details. [Update harvest 2008] We have just made our first harvest from this variety in our vineyard. The numbers were fantastic, even in this unforgiving year with it's very late season. Unfortunately we only have a few gallons so will not be releasing any of this wine from this vintage.

  [update: Summer 2010] Our half block is doing very nicely this year, we're excited about it's future. Unfortunately the plants (plantsed 2008, see above) are still to young for a crop, so there's another year to go before we see this as wine.

• Schoenberger (no releases yet)
  We hope to produce an off-dry wine as we enjoy this wine as a light sipping wine, somewhat like a Chenin Blanc. Our planting will give us it's first harvest in 2008.

  [Update harvest 2008] We have just made our first harvest from this variety in our vineyard. The numbers were excellent, even in this unforgiving year with it's very late season. Unfortunately we only have a few gallons so will not be releasing any of this wine from this vintage.

  [update: Autumn 2008] We harvested a tiny amount of this grape this year. The numbers were great, and it is overall an earlier ripening -- I'm very excited about the future of this grape in the PS AVA. Unfortunately, the tiny amount harvested is barely sufficient to make a test batch of, let alone sell it...

• Pinot Noir (no releases yet)
  In the even more distant future, we expect to plant some of our own red varieties including this and several lesser known overlooked varieties that are in trials around the Puget Sound AVA. Some of the names are Regent, Agria, Dunklefelder. We have several different rootstock trials underway, and already have a good idea of which are the most successful combinations.

  [update: Autumn 2008] Although we did not get sufficient grapes to make even a test wine, we showed notably earlier ripening in several PN rootstock combinations.

  [update: Summer 2010] We have plans to clear the remaining trees adjacent to our house vineyard this summer (you'll see the clearing permit coming up the driveway). Almost this entire block is to be planted in Pinot Noir, so please check back again in 2015!

• Castor (Muscat) (no releases yet)
  We have a tiny planting of an early-ripening Muscat that we hope can be made into a dessert wine in the far distant future.

  [update: Autumn 2008] This grape did not ripen sufficiently this year to make a good wine out of. However, 2008 was a difficult year -- there may yet be hope for this grape.

  [update: Summer 2010] This grape is to be considered a failure in this region -- in 4 years it never came anywhere near sufficient ripening to make wine. We have ripped out the 6-plant test block we had.

• White sparkling wine (no releases yet)
  Lastly, we've made a tiny quantity of a Champagne style (Methode Champenoise) sparkling wine from Siegerrebe grapes. Putting it simply, this wine is thrilling! We hope to make some some commercial quantities of this sort of wine as well.

  [update: Summer 2010] No additional Sieg sparkling wine on the horizon. However, did I never mention that the 2007 Melon de Bourgogne was too underripe for a still wine, so we've started a sparkler out of it?