OUR STORY
My father always said "making friends is our business". In 1954, he opened our ancestral home and animal park, Grant’s Farm, to share with the public.
It became the legacy of my father, August A. Busch, Jr., to offer our love of hospitality to preserve not just the land, but also our family’s way of life. Today, we follow my father’s example.
Kim and I fell in love with Santa Barbara in 1998 when I served as Captain for the USA Polo team at the World Cup. We decided to raise our children with the freedom of the California coast, but I also longed to share with them the hard work and joys of ranch life. We found our place in Folded Hills. We joyfully invite you to share with us our wine, food and way of life at Folded Hills.
family
Our wine is a tribute to family, past and present. Our vineyards and winery are yet another way to enrich and preserve this property for future generations, both yours and ours. Folded Hills is a place to gather and share, and to carry on our tradition of making friends. In honor of that, each wine we make is inspired by a piece of our family history.
philanthropy
Folded Hills is our legacy. From the beginning, our family has approached Folded Hills with the belief that we are not simply here to make wine, but to create connection, support our community, and use our blessings to leave this world just a little bit better.
We donate our venue, our proceeds, and our time because we believe a farm is not an island. The health of this land is inseparable from the health of the community around it.
When you share a bottle of Folded Hills wine, you are a part of something larger - a long tradition of stewardship, generosity, and the simple belief that what we have is meant to be shared.
Making wine is our joy, making wine for a cause is our purpose.
ORGANIC FARMING
Folded Hills grapes are grown organically following the biodynamic calendar. We use sustainable, old world practices in the vineyards. Organic cover crops feed vital nutrients back into the soil. Sheep graze between the vines eating the cover crop and fertilizing the vines. Natural lady bugs arrive from the mountains every February to act as beneficials to the crops. We irrigate with crystal clear underground artesian well water, only when absolutely necessary.
All our vines and grapes are hand tended hand harvested, and many of the whole clusters are foot-tread throughout fermentation.
The quality of the grapes is so outstanding that we are able to make our small batch wines with a hands-off approach and very little intervention.
HOSPITALITY
Hospitality is in our blood. We have always felt drawn to share what we have been blessed with. Andy’s father, Gussie, opened Grant’s Farm, the first Busch Gardens, to the public in 1954. This legacy has been passed down to us, and we want to share Folded Hills with you.
When you step into Folded Hills, we welcome you home, whether it is a simple tasting in the original farmhouse Estate tasting room, a hike through the vines, or feeding some of our beloved animals. We hope you feel the generations-old tradition of making friends into family.
QUALITY
Everything on our land...our food, crops, and vineyards, is farmed organically. We simply wouldn’t do it any other way. Because we are a small, family-owned winery, we never have to cut corners. This is one of the reasons we are so proud of our wines. After walking these hills, and studying their soil and our microclimate, our team planted Grenache, Syrah, and a collection of Rhône whites. Studying the vines, winemaker Angela chooses the optimum times to pick and makes our wine in an honest and time-honored way. It’s all part of our promise to consciously handcraft small-batch artisanal wines using very little intervention. In addition, we follow the biodynamic calendar from the vineyard to the glass. Our grapes grow alongside 18 acres of organic row crops, fruit orchards, and a menagerie of animals.
We are truly an old-world sustainable farm and working ranch. When you open a bottle of Folded Hills wine, we hope you will taste the history, the legacy, and the family that went into each bottle. We know you will truly taste the sun, the fog, and the ocean breezes that waft over these folded hills.
We are proud of our family and our team who got us here.
Now we welcome YOU to experience Folded Hills.
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