Our Vineyards

Although the title of this section is “Our Vineyards” that is not how we think as we grow our wines. Instead our fundamental belief is that we grow our wines in a holistic, natural ecosystem and that our vines are but one part of the larger polyculture within the natural boundaries of forests, streams, and rivers that define what we like to call our “Ramiiisol Territorium.”

We focus on two ancient red grapes, Cabernet Franc and Nebbiolo. Cabernet Franc has long proven its hardiness throughout the Monticello AVA and has been farmed in our vineyard since 2000. Nebbiolo, the noble Italian red, has been vinified in the Piedmont region of Italy since at least the 1200s and recently found a comfortable home in select pockets of the Monticello AVA, including Ramiiisol.

Working in our vineyards mostly by hand and biodynamically, we always try to work with nature instead of against her by emergence in her rhythms to improve our understanding of and intuition into how nature works. We practice agriculture with “unbounded minds” combining to the best of our abilities, natural and sustainable methods enhanced by research and modern science.

We constantly experiment to discover the subtle variations and complexities that make up our decomposed granite soils, climate, and the integrated biome in which we live and grow our wines. During the process of converting soil, sun, rain, and all the forces of nature into wine, we attempt to highlight the various interconnected elements that give rise to a complex matrix of Ramiiisol flavors for our palates.

Alberto Antonini- “Some people say there is no such thing as terroir in the New World; that’s nonsense. It just hasn’t been developed as much as in Europe. It’s also a question of mentality and ambition. The New World will remain the New World until people stop thinking in a New World way.”

Pedro Parra- “Biodynamics gives to terroir whatever you can’t see in the soil pit. It’s about energy, this is the fourth dimension in wine, in addition to climate, soil and man.”