The second label from Philip Togni Vineyard, "Tanbark Hill" comes from the same 10.5-acre estate vineyard as their eponymous wine and receives the same impeccable care in the cellar (20 months in 40% new French oak). The wine generally consists of fruit harvested from a 3-acre block (planted to 99...

100% Albariño from the Terra Alta vineyard in Clements Hills - Lodi. The vines are planted on sandy clay loam soils, with the grapes retaining great acidity from wide diurnal shifts in the area - the valley pulls cool air from the San Francisco Bay, bringing down the temperatures at night during...

The viticulture at Domaine Eden is approached with the same level of naturalness and sustainability as Mount Eden’s estate vineyards. The soils here, however, are different from the estate’s Franciscan shale so even though Domaine Eden is a mere mile away “as the crow flies”, the wines express more...

Zweigelt (53%) and Blaufränkisch (47%) from the Satori Springs Vineyard, located near Oregon City in the Willamette Valley. This site is dry-farmed without herbicides and is certified LIVE Sustainable. Mike Hinds sources fruit from this vineyard for both Lionesses and Failed Empires. The...

100% Gruner Veltiner from Satori Springs - a west-facing, dry-farmed vineyard located near Oregon City in the northeast Willamette Valley. The Gruner Veltliner plot is planted on the lower section of the slope on Cornelius silt loam, a silty loess-like soil. After harvesting, the fruit was...

100% Gewürztraminer from No Clos Radio Vineyard in Tualatin Hills AVA (NW Willamette Valley). Fruit from No Clos Radio was planted in the early 1970's, is own-rooted, dry farmed, and is farmed organically. Fruit is 100% destemmed, fermented on skins for 16 days (until dry), and aged in 500L neutral...

100% Gewürztraminer from Oak Ridge Vineyard in the Columbia Gorge AVA in Washington State. This is a certified organic site, with the original Gewürztraminer vines dating to the early 1980's. The slopes are south-facing and sit at roughly 1,400 ft elevation in the foothills of Mt. Adams. The fruit...

Riesling 60%, Gewürztraminer 40% (25% direct press, 15% skin contact). The fruit was sourced from an organically farmed 3.5 acre vineyard north of Chehalem Mountains, farmed by Onesimo Mora. The vines were planted in the 1990's and are own-rooted and dry farmed. The Riesling and a portion of the...

Riesling from the dry-farmed and organically farmed Nemarniki Vineyard in Chehalem Mountains AVA. Nemarniki is a 6-acre site, planted at 800ft elevation on loess soils. The fruit was hand-harvested during the third week of October, direct pressed, and fermented in 500L puncheons and stainless steel...

Grenache (60%), Syrah (30%), and Viognier (10%) from Steelhead Run Vineyard in the Applegate Valley AVA of Southern Oregon. Originally planted in 1993, this is a cold, riverside vineyard on granite and river sedimentary soils. The fruit was co-fermented on the skins for 8 days before being pressed...

100% Riesling from No Clos Radio Vineyard in Tualatin Hills AVA (NW Willamette Valley). No Clos Radio was planted in the early 1970's, is own-rooted, dry farmed, and is farmed organically.The Fruit is foot trodden and spends a couple of hours on skins before pressing. Fermented and aged in 228L...

The 2023 PJs is composed of skin contact Pinot Gris (75%), direct-pressed, barrel fermented Riesling (15%), and skin contact Gewurztraminer (10%). The fruit comes from three sites within the Willamette Valley; No Clos Radio in the Tualatin Hills AVA (Pinot Gris, Riesling), Johan Vineyard in the Van...

Fossil & Fawn's homage to Passetoutgrains, 'Dark Wave' is a blend of equal parts Gamay and Pinot Noir from Marin Estate Vineyard in the Yamhill-Carlton AVA of the Willamette Valley. Marin Estate is operated and farmed by Javier Marin and his two sons, who are known for farming many of the top...

The 2022 Pet-Nat is composed of equal parts Pinot Blanc and Riesling, with a small addition of Niagara (<1%). The Pinot Blanc is from Resplendor Vineyard, an organically farmed site in Yamhill-Carlton with plantings that date to the late 1990's.The Riesling, from Sunnyside Vineyard, are from 51-...

This Pinot Gris is made as a light red wine and crafted in a very similar way to their Pinot Noir. The fruit was sourced from No Clos Radio and Silvershot Vineyard - both own-rooted, organically farmed vineyards with vines ranging in age from 21-47 years. Most of the fruit was destemmed, with...