Dry Creek Valley · Healdsburg, California
Above the fog. Beside the falls.
Forty-four years in red volcanic Boomer Loam.
An 18-acre hillside estate with original old-vine Zinfandel planted in 1982. Small-lot wines made to drink and to keep.
Our Story
Two families.
One hillside.
A trip to Wine Country in 1992 changed Barry and Susan Collier’s lives. They sold their home, left the city, and Sue began studying viticulture in Santa Rosa. After looking at dozens of properties across Sonoma County, she chose this hillside — a 30-foot waterfall, red volcanic Boomer Loam at nearly 1,000 feet, Zinfandel vines that had been planted ten years earlier. By 1997, the Colliers were producing wine. Their first vintage earned 90 points in Wine Spectator.
In 2022, we — Justin and Lisa Cook — took stewardship of the estate Barry and Sue built over three decades. The vines are forty-four years old now. The waterfall still runs. The mission hasn’t changed.
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1982
Year planted · old vines
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18
Estate acres
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~1,000ft
Elevation · above the fog
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5
Estate varietals
Current Releases
A few from the hillside.
The 1982 Vines
Forty-four years in the same red volcanic Boomer Loam.
Planted 1982 · Originally dry-farmed · Among the oldest Zinfandel in active production in Dry Creek Valley
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From the Estate
Journal
A cool-vintage Cabernet in the Old World mold — forest floor, olive, a whisper of green pepper, orange zest and cardamom. Just 12.9%.