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...we remain faithful to our core values: a family-owned business producing wines that are thoughtfully farmed and patiently crafted." | Kanzler Family Vineyards
Kanzler Family Vineyards | Our Story
We are a small family-owned winery living and working by the rhythms of the vineyard. Striving to produce intensely exquisite Pinot Noir from soil to cellar to the bottle in your hands... began with a walk through an old apple orchard 8 miles from the Pacific Ocean...When we established our vineyard in 1996, we were one of the first to plant grapes in the Sebastopol Hills in western Sonoma County.We nurtured our vines for four years, and then had our first harvest in fall 2000. In the early years, we sold our grapes to wineries both well known and obscure. Notable early customers were Kosta Browne (a recently launched unknown that would go on to take the Pinot world by storm), Landmark, Flowers, Gary Farrell, Rhys Vineyards, and CL Wines....we hadn't seriously considered making wine other than for our own use. But that fall [2004] we bought two new barrels and eight used, picked four tons of fruit, and made our first 250 cases of official Kanzler Vineyards wine.Kanzler Vineyards has earned a reputation for consistently producing highly regarded Pinot Noir from the Sebastopol Hills of western Sonoma County. We continue to sell grapes to a few select producers whose focus is letting the essence of the vineyard come through the wine. We remain faithful to our core values: a family-owned business producing wines that are thoughtfully farmed and patiently crafted. | Kanzler Family Vineyards
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