Rhys Vineyards

Rhys Vineyards is a California winery whose founder, Kevin Harvey, set out to test his ideas about growing Pinot Noir in 1995. He planted 30 Pinot Noir vines in his Woodside backyard, and in 2000 made his first full barrel of wine in his garage winery. Between 2001 and 2016, the Rhys team planted seven more small estate vineyards.

Its eight estate mountain vineyards include Alpine, Family Farm, Horseshoe, Skyline and Mt. Pajaro in the Santa Cruz Mountains, and Bearwallow and Clarke in Mendocino County. At Family Farm, farming combines organic practices with dry farming. In the winery, Director of Winemaking Jeff Brinkman and winemaker Eric Prahl take a minimal-intervention approach. Fermentations use native yeast, with only small amounts of SO2 added, and wines are bottled without fining or filtration. Its wines include Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and limited-production, cool-climate Syrah and Chenin Blanc.