Our Vineyards
Wine is so sensitive to place I realized we had to get the places right first if I wanted to achieve my goals. By improving our farming, we continue to bring vineyards forward that express the character of each varietal.
— Brion Wise
VINEYARDS
B. WISE ESTATE
Moon Mountain District
The Moon Mountain District has historically delivered respected Cabernets and has been planted to grapes since 1886. One of the reasons for this is the plateau that lifts these vineyards up into the light, out of the fog.
Nobles Vineyard
FORT ROSS-SEAVIEW, SONOMA
On the crest of a ridge ten miles from the Pacific, sea shells can be seen in the marine sediment soils of Nobles Family Vineyard. Owner Marvin Nobles remembers finding marine fossils and even shark teeth as a boy, marking a time the land was lifted up from ancient sea beds to 1,200 feet.
Lucky Well
RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY, OCCIDENTAL, SONOMA COUNTY
Named for a fortuitous well dug by the grower, Ulises Valdez, this vineyard is located on a small plateau above coastal rivers, which lifts it up above the marine fog. The elevation (850 feet) and the proximity to the Pacific Ocean (about ten miles as the crow flies) give Lucky Well the ideal temperatures for ripening Pinot Noir: cool morning air and warm afternoons that aren't overly hot.
Silver Eagle
RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY, OCCIDENTAL, SONOMA
A neighbor to Lucky Well Vineyard, Silver Eagle’s location on the ridge that separates the Sonoma coast from the Russian River Valley positions this vineyard to receive the cooling Pacific moisture and the warmer inland thermal mass, an ideal mixture for Pinot Noir.
Amapola Creek
MOON MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, SONOMA VALLEY
A stagecoach road once ran through Amapola Creek. Elevations range from 1,000 down to 400 feet in the China Bowl vineyard blocks, named in honor of Chinese laborers who built a wall in the nineteenth-century, a portion of which can still be seen today near the winery.
Napa Valley
NAPA
Our neighbor to the east, Napa Valley, with its landforms curated by earthquakes and continental drift, makes possible a Cabernet Sauvignon that can be made nowhere else in the world.
Elswick Vineyard
ANDERSON VALLEY, MENDOCINO
The valley has its feet in the Pacific Ocean on the west and runs southeast through the redwood and oak woodlands along the Navarro River, keeping it within reach of the cooling marine air while enjoying ample sunlight and inland warmth.
Willamette Valley
WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON
As a child of the Pacific Northwest, when Brion Wise wanted to round out his Pinot Noir project, he looked to the Willamette Valley, the origin of some of the best New World Pinot Noir.
