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    Littorai Wines

    4.2 (33 reviews)
    Closed 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

    By appointment only

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    One of the estate's cutest working residents.
    Camelia N.

    A vineyard tour and wine tasting at Littorai's biodyanmic domaine on Gold Ridge Road, perfectly perched atop the green and rolling Sebastopol Hills, may well be the best adult fantasy class field trip - ever! You almost feel like they should issue each guest a pair of rubber boots, leather gloves, Carhartt barn jacket, and a wool stocking cap (in autumn or winter) or straw sun hat (in late spring and high summer) to appreciate fully the hands on, root to glass journey through the vines. Any traumatic childhood memories you might have of teacher-led forced marches to museums, national monuments, parks, farms, and factories will almost instantly be healed. You will never look at group learning the same way again. Especially if you love organic gardening, wildlife conservation, and agricultural land preservation as much as you enjoy cool climate, Northern Californian grown Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, you and your closest friends will be thrilled by the immersive lesson in biodynamic farming and natural winemaking practices. It's like Montessori school for the wine lover with Wendell Berry on the reading list, but not Heidi Barrett. You will discover the many things besides grapevines that grow on a working wine estate: from herbs and plants that are dried and steeped to produce natural sprays and applications, to the sheep who graze the vineyard rows, to the cows who provide manure for composting, to the meadow grasses that will be made into hay for fodder to keep the operation running. Add in homes for pollinating mason bees, owl boxes to keep rodents and gophers in check, oak and pine forests for protecting raptors and other edge dwelling creatures, and you've got all the makings of a Pete Seeger song. Where have all the flowers gone? Here, Pete! Here!!! They are all growing between the Pivot Vineyard's immaculate rows of trellised vines. Anytime you need extra help harvesting chamomile flowers for another calming herbal tea to apply to distressed vines, Ted, just give us a call. Who knew that agroecology could be so fun? As far as the wine tasting portion of the group field trip goes, it actually makes places like Joseph Swan or Pellegrini seem like the lap of luxury. Bare bones does not even begin to capture the experience of tasting in the raw amidst the wine making tools of the trade. Its no-frills style evokes that of small, family-run domaines in Burgundy, where informal tastings might take place on a battered piece of plywood balanced on a pair of well weathered barrels. There are outdoor-style, infrared heaters set up in cooler months that can be turned on if requested, so you won't need to shiver and shake while you sip and swirl. The wines you will taste will never be the same, as much of Littorai's production is small and highly allocated to wine club members and Michelin-starred restaurants. The exceptions are the Sonoma Coast Appellation series - barrel aged Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, plus a lovely vin gris made from Pinot Noir grape juice - and an Anderson Valley Pinot Noir ("Les Larmes," meaning "Drops" or "Tears") crafted by blending from multiple vineyards (One Acre, Roman, Cerise, Savoy, Wendling). On any given day, you may get to taste a range of vineyard-designate and appellation series wines, but it would take multiple visits (or membership in the Littorai Vintner's Coastal Collection) to sample them all. We tasted 6 wines on a January 2019 visit: 2016 Chardonnay from the B.A.Theriot and Platt Vineyards; a 2016 Sonoma Coast appellation series Pinot; and 2014 Pinot Noir from Theriot, Roman, and Platt. I fell for the two Platt Vineyard wines for their exquisite balance of fruit, flower, and earth, their silky tannins, integrated oak, and soft caress. These were juicy wines that made me salivate. They finished cleanly and left me wanting more. Since the Platt Vineyard recently was sold by the widow of the original owner, these wines are among the last of their kind; this fact may have accounted for the emotional tug that they had on my heartstrings. When we open them, we will offer a silent toast to time gone by. The Theriot wines both struck me as ever so slightly off kilter, with some aromas and flavors more assertive than others - too much cedar and citrus in the '16 Chardonnay, a palate filling whiff of cracked peppercorn and drying, tannic roughness in the '14 Pinot. I didn't get rose petal, crushed violet, chopped herb, warming spice, or orchard fruit blossom, and I missed these familiar friends. It was like an orchestra where the horn section was playing too loudly to hear the strings, or where the percussion section wasn't entirely up to speed on a new composition. But I also had the sense that these wines, like a well conducted orchestra, would with time and patience find their perfect sound. All the more reason to revisit Littorai on another occasion: to see how these vibrant and wonderful things have grown, blossomed, rooted, composted, rested, aged, and changed.

    We lucked out and got to try this library wine :)
    Rachel C.

    Littorai is hands down, in my opinion, the best California Pinot Noir producer. Our scheduled tour guide was under the weather so we were pleasantly surprised when both the assistant wine maker, Dan, and winemaker Ted Lemon took the time out of their schedules to talk with us! All of the wines were outstanding and Ted unexpectedly surprised us by letting us taste both the Chenin Blanc and a 2005 Pinot. This was, by far, one of the best tastings I've been to-thank you to everyone at Littorai for your gracious hospitality!

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    5 months ago

    Expensive tasting, wine was meh, kind of pretentious. Walking around their farm was kind of nice though.

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    10 months ago

    Tasting fee was ridiculous and pours were very small. Our host rushed us out within 45 minutes. Not a good experience

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    Littorai is a must see/tasting. The wines are out of this world. Both PNs and Chardonnays are beyond words

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    Love the Pinots, I had them at Dry Creek Kitchen some time ago and it was the star of the evening.

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    Awesome experience! Definitely worth the fee. The wines are great but the tour and educational aspect of the visit is the best part.

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    4.4(215 reviews)
    3.2 mi
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    This business does not care about it's customers and is so impossible to reach it's almost comical…read more I was a long-term customer of Fog Crest. In 2024 we received a shipment of wine where all the wine in the shipment was broken. In typical situations, wineries offer replacement of broken bottles, but Fog Crest was impossible to reach in spite of (literally) 50 phone calls and emails. Since I couldn't reach them, I canceled my subscription to their wine club. Flash forward a few months, they charge me another ~$500 on my credit card for wine, but never ship me any wine (in spite of the fact that I had already canceled online). Again, dozens of calls and emails, no answer and no response. Still trying. A few months after that, they charge me ANOTHER ~$500 on my credit card for wine, but don't ship that wine to me either. After probably 100 calls and emails, I finally talk to the wine club coordinator on the phone. She of course acknowledges my dozens of messages, and acknowledges my situation. She says she will replace the wine that was broken and figure out why they've been charging me for wine I haven't been receiving and make it right. But that she can't talk right now and she'd call me back with more information. That was a month ago. I've now called again dozens of times, and emailed. No response. Called and emailed the owner, no response. This is borderline criminal: $1,500 in charges for undelivered product, a non-existent customer service experience, and an online system so archaic that it doesn't process your cancelation and continues to charge you for product.

    Zero Accountability and Terrible Customer Service - Avoid Fog Crest!…read more I'm absolutely appalled by my experience with Fog Crest Winery. We joined their wine club in 2023 and was charged $420 all of 2024/25 for wine that they NEVER shipped. When I called to inquire about where the wine was, I was met with complete silence--multiple calls and messages went unanswered. After finally getting a call back, the person said they only called me back because "she saw we had called a lot in one day." That was the first red flag. She promised to credit my account and look into another charge that had been applied. It's been SEVEN days since that conversation, and STILL no credit, no updates, and no resolution. I've followed up with multiple calls, messages, and emails... NOTHING. At this point, it's clear that they don't care about their customers. I highly recommend staying far away from Fog Crest if you value your time and money. Total waste of both

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    A friend had booked us a tasting experience at Halleck and its easily one of our top tasting…read moreexperiences yet! The property is beautiful with a nice little open area and views for days! Even the drive through the trees feels enchanted. David was the best. He took us on a journey and you could tell he knew his stuff. We also had a chance to meet one of the owners which was a nice bonus. The experience itself is intimate because you're with multiple people at your table but you get to experience it together. The food pairings were also delicious. Ok wine time. This was THE best Gewürztraminer I've ever had. Like, you could have a bottle of this easily on your own. We even took a few home to try with Indian food, and it was delicious. Another hit was their Zin which was interestingly like a strawberry rose but again, very easy and tasteful to drink. I cannot wait to go back because I need more of that Gewürztraminer!

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    All right, I'm a little obsessed with Furthermore Wines…read more Our group of 8 had an AMAZING experience here. Dave was our host, and he was so knowledgeable, so personable, and so fun. He took excellent care of us and truly spoiled our group at our tasting. We did a small tour on the grounds and learned a lot about their process and the pinot noir process in general. We all loved the wines so much that everyone bought at least 1 bottle, and two of us signed up for their wine club. In fact, we had such a good time, that our group came BACK to share a bottle of wine in between our reservations. Dave took care of us and we were happy to spend some more time with him. It is such a great place -- the wine is incredible, service is excellent, views are gorgeous, and you feel you are right where you belong. Cheers!

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    Iron Horse Vineyards - View from outside at Iron Horse

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    4.1(447 reviews)
    5.2 mi
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    Love this cute rustic winery on a hill! Amazing scenic views and delicious sparkling wines,…read moreChardonnay, and pinot noir. Carlo helped us and he was super nice and cheerful!

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