The 2001 Edna Valley Pinot Noir comes from a very special place. Just inland from the Big Sur coastline, the Edna Valley’s fog-licked canyons produce some of the world’s premier pinot noir grapes. But there is also
a unique spirit to this part of California that finds its way into our wine.

In many ways, this spirit is exemplified
by the abandoned tin house that hugs the headlands bluff high above the pounding surf. A favorite refuge for hikers, its exterior has weathered to hues of ochre and aquamarine by the briny air. At nightfall,
after warm sunny days, the cooling metal reverberates in the ocean breezes.We feel the Edna Valley produces wines similarly crafted by the coastal elements.

Winemaking is in our blood. In Hungary, generations of ancestors tended family estates in the centuries-old Carpathian growing region. From the fertile soil they brought untold vintages, crafted in the old world tradition.

We imagine them, with sleeves rolled up, patient and earnest, hard at work in one
of the rustic tin sheds where the wine was produced. It is this image that guides us today, and helped inspire our trademark,
the tin house.

—Rob Balog