Hobo

Hobo Wine Company is a wine producer that has served Sonoma County and beyond since 2002. It began with two barrels of Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel.

It sources grapes from about 200 acres across Sonoma County, Mendocino, Clarksburg, Suisun Valley, Arroyo Seco and the Santa Cruz Mountains. Of these, it leases and farms about 70 acres, directly or through others under its guidance. Organic farming covers 88% of the vineyards it works with and all the vineyards it farms. It also practices CCOF certified organic farming. Its wines include Banyan Gewürztraminer, the sole exception to its practice of fermenting without adding commercial yeast. Malolactic fermentations are also spontaneous, while the winery avoids commercial additives, uses mainly older oak barrels and adds low doses of sulfur, generally close to bottling.