Sam Lando started his career working for some of the large global wine producers, and soon identified his true love of working with and enjoying Pinot Noir.

While his emphasis was sales and marketing, he realized early on the need to understand as much as possible about differing winemaking and viticulture techniques. After working with and becoming friends with some of the best new world wine producers, it was a natural evolution to begin hobby winemaking.

After working for five years with Kosta Browne Winery, he departed at the end of 2012. His work with dear friends was a deeply rewarding experience...personally and professionally. They worked (and played) so well together because of a love and passion for what they did. In addition to their shared affliction for Pinot, they enjoyed the company of great people and food.

In the middle of the 2012 vintage, Sam and his wife Jennifer decided to take the leap and take the winemaking hobby to the next level. They borrowed against their savings and began building the foundation to develop a small Pinot Noir focused winery. The goal is to make intense, yet elegant and balanced wines from the Russian River Valley and Sonoma Coast appellations. They push themselves to make great wines they enjoy drinking and take great pride in sharing with their dear friends.

Thanks for taking the time to learn about us and we hope to share our Pinot’s with you soon.

— Sam, Jennifer, Henry, and Emma Lando

2015 RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY PINOT NOIR
Release Date: February 2017
Cases Produced: 505
Alcohol: 14.8%
Time in Barrel: 16 months
Recommended Drinking Time: 6 months to 5 years. Should you open a bottle early, please decant or allow to breathe for an hour for maximum enjoyment.

Tasting Notes: Explosive flavors of black cherry and raspberry. The inner play of fresh fruit, baking spices, and sassafras is sensual and comforting. This wine settles in and caresses every aspect of the palate and rounds out to a very lengthy finish. Appreciation for this wine grows with each sip, it’s like going home. It’s everything you want from a Russian River Valley Pinot Noir – intense, complex, and yet still elegant. We wish we had more of it!

2015 SONOMA COAST PINOT NOIR
Release Date: October 2017
Cases Produced: 430
Alcohol: 14.8%
Time in Barrel: 16 months
Recommended Drinking Time: 6 months to 5 years. Should you open a bottle early, please decant or allow to breathe for an hour for maximum enjoyment.

Tasting Notes: Deep and piercing black berry fruit on the nose. Layers of spice and fresh fruit saturate the palate... The finish reveals notes of fresh blueberry and undertones of minerality and silky tannins.

This vintage will consist of two wines, our 2105 Russian River Valley Pinot Noir and 2105 Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir for $45 per bottle. The Russian River Valley wines are released in February and the Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir in October. We will continue to grow our production slightly and with great care as we’re able to partner with exceptional growers. All orders will take place within the website ordering system during the release period (we’ll notify you of the details via email in advance). Please complete the sign up form to be added to the mailing list for our next release.

The majority of our wines are offered to our mailing list friends. Due to our limited production, we will do our best to offer the majority of our mailing list friends an allocation of each wine. However, that will be determined by the total amount of mailing list friends and the amount of available bottles. Details will be emailed to each active mailing list member a few weeks prior to each release in the spring and fall.