Santa Lucia Highlands Wine Artisans

The Santa Lucia Highlands AVA is California wine country on its own terms. Ancient granite terraces rise from the Salinas Valley floor into some of the most demanding winegrowing terrain in the state. It offers steep, wind-battered benchlands where thin soils and abundant sunshine meet the cold marine breath off Monterey Bay. The result is lingering morning fog and afternoon wind that stretches the growing season long, slow, and cool. This is Pinot Noir and Chardonnay with a tension and energy that neighboring AVAs simply can't replicate. The farming families who recognized this land's potential generations ago are still here. So are the celebrated winemakers who keep making the drive to source their fruit.