"There is an inescapable truth in winemaking: location is everything"Brian Croser, owner of Petaluma Estate which is recognized as Australia's most terroir driven wine
White Rhone varietals typically develop a kiss of suntan when they are ready to be harvested.
Our experienced, vineyard crew harvesting Rhys 2012 East Face Pinot Noir by hand.
Great winemakers know... the truth is in the location.
Great winemakers, like great chefs, know that outstanding results only come from exceptional ingredients. For years we've been attracting the business of some of California's finest winemakers. They know that our site will make a wine with unique character. They know the fruit will not be over-cropped, sunburned or moldy. The berries will be small, the fruit clean and cold on delivery.
They choose us because we specialize in low-yields of top quality fruit, producing only about two to two-and-a-half pounds per vine.
Few vineyards pay attention to detail like Alder Springs. Our ranch supplies housing to all its employees so the crew is the same, year after year. They know the place and practices and therefore do meticulous work.
Contact us to book a guided appointment of the vineyard and find out for yourself what other great winemakers know. Email us or call (707) 984-8970.
Our Clients
Patz & Hall
One of California's most highly regarded wineries, with a celebrated portfolio of single-vineyard Chardonnay and Pinot Noir wines, Patz & Hall has been purchasing fruit from Alder Springs Vineyards since we started selling it.
Rhys Vineyards
Rhys Vineyards aspires to make great wines from unique and expressive vineyards.
Arnot-Roberts
Noted by the SF Chronicle as "Winemakers to Watch" in 2010, Duncan Arnot Meyers and Nathan Roberts' artisan winery is changing the game for Syrah, producing low alcohol, elegant and focused Syrah from Alder Springs Vineyard.
Kesner
Winemaker and Owner, Jason Kesner comes from a grape growing background and believes in low-impact farming and low-impact wine making.
Agharta
Pax Mahle's Agharta label produces Rhone wines geared toward the enlightened palette rather than the mass appeal.
Bedrock Cellars
Fruit from only the most excellent vineyard sites is hand pitch-forked into the destemmer, fermented in open top redwood and stainless vats using only native yeasts, and are manually basket pressed by winemaker Morgan Twain-Peterson into the sexiest oak from the coldest French forests.
Caldwell Vineyard
Owner and wine maverick, John Caldwell is the man responsible for introducing the most prized Bordeaux root stock and grapevine clones to California.
Carte Blanche
Carte Blanche wines are produced with a generations-old commitment to creating limited, hand-crafted, fine wine.
City Winery
City Winery takes great pride in sourcing grapes from some of the finest vineyards in the world to focus on terroir – the French expression of certain varietals growing better in specific climates and soils.
MacPhail
James MacPhail works with conscientious grape growers who rely on personal observation and meticulous care, the same disciplined attention to detail he exercises in the winery.
Yeilding Winery
Sig Yeilding (707) 326-9355 (Owner/Winemaker).
Eric Ross Winery
A foodie at heart, Eric likens the wines to a beautiful meal: "If you start out with really good fresh ingredients, I mean really good, you have the fundamental components for something extraordinary."
Spell Estate
Spell Estate is committed to the highest expression of Pinot Noir without forfeiting the integrity and beauty of the varietal.
Townley Wines
One of Wine Enthusiast Magazine's "New Stars of California Chardonnay". Townley Wines 2009 Alder Springs Chardonnay rated 93 points.
Y Rousseau Wines
Owner Yannick Rousseau believes, "It takes unique terroir and people of character to create wines of distinction." His essential goal is to make food-friendly wines with great personality.