Our Bordeaux cloned vines love their hilly home on our Eastern Foothills Santa Ynez Valley Estate which is located in Santa Barbara County. We watched their evolutions since 2001 and now we can share with you the amazing taste of the wine we crafted from them. Our Estate-grown blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot is called "V3" for the 3 varieties of grapes used in the blend. The 2005 vintage was a sell-out! Now we offer the 2007 V3 blended with a higher proportion of Petit Verdot (17%) compared to the 2005 V3 with 5%. We are releasing our first 100% Cabernet Sauvignon grown in our Sunshine block facing south of our home. We named the wine SOLUS which is latin for "to stand alone". We trust you will enjoy them. We had fun making them.

Our Newest Awards
  Our 2007 Estate V3 Bordeaux Blend won a double gold medal & our 2007 Estate SOLUS Cabernet Sauvignon won a gold medal at the 30th annual 2010 San Francisco International Wine Competition. SOLUS also won a silver medal at the 2010 National Womens Wine Competition in Santa Rosa, CA.

About Our Logo
  We were impressed by the wide spectrum of weather conditions our vineyards were exposed to throughout the four seasons. We spent many days and nights strolling among the vines feeling the heat of the afternoon sun, experiencing the winds, gazing at the stars and seeing moon glow, early morning fogs and rainbows gift wrap our vineyards.  We named each vineyard for these encounters with nature - Sunshine, Rainbow, Moonglow, Misty and Northstar Vineyards.  We commissioned our artist friend Laura Schy to paint a canvas symbolizing our newly named vineyards.  She created it and we loved it.