A very opinionated guide to the Santa Ynez Valley.  I’m that person. That person who never leaves a vacation unscheduled, who feels guilty if I miss something-anything on a trip. This FOMO is exponential if I think I may not revisit that place again. In my itineraries, I leave nothing...

And why that was a choice. One could ask the question, “If your wines have received so many awards, accolades and high scores why don’t I know about you?” Double Gold. Best in Class. 98 points. Winery to watch. Best International rosé. 99 points. Year’s Best. So many fabulous scores....

We had no business doing this...and look at us now! Ten years ago we started a winery. This is a slightly ridiculous sentence to write now because it makes it sound as though we knew what we were doing. We did not. The day we planted Folded Hills vines! We...

Jul 8, 2026

When we met Angela in 2016, her reputation as a winemaker preceded her. Andy must have had an intuition that we would hit it off because he said as we walked to our kitchen, “Now don’t offer her a job in the first ten minutes!” Oops! Angela not only “got...

May 23, 2026

How we create our award-winning blends and some funny tasting notes. Each year a wine made in the vineyard will taste different. The temperatures, temperature variations, the rain and fog, heat, and sunshine all create a wine different than the year before. This is called vintage variation. We are proud...