We believe in friends and community. More than we believe in wine. And it takes one hell of a village to make wine.  We'd like to send our best to these folks, and hope that our friends are your friends:

Build It Green: http://www.builditgreen.org: Build It Green connects consumers and building professionals with the tools and technical expertise they need to build quality green buildings. Many of them also help us crush grapes.

Tim O'Meara: Photographer extraordinaire and man of incredible craft and resource, Tim took all the wine and cork photos on this site.  He's a truly talented individual for photography, design, development, and engineering, which situates him well for solving the unimaginably difficult problems that life presents. He can be reached at tim.omeara@gmail.com or 415-260-3038.

Sports 4 Kids: http://www.sports4kids.org/: Sports4Kids addresses the physical, emotional, and cognitive needs of children by coordinating full day play and physical activity programming - during lunchtime, recess, and after school - taught from a framework of youth development.

East Bay Vinters Alliance: http://www.eastbayvintners.com/: Founded in 2006, the East Bay Vintners Alliance brings together 15 premium wineries based in Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville and Oakland to form a non-profit organization allied to promote the East Bay urban winemaking community.

Oak Barrel Winecraft: http://www.oakbarrel.com/: For 50 years, these folks have been the Levi Strauss of Bay Area winemaking. They've fueled enough dreams and dispensed enough advice and support to earn a place on every Bay Area winemakers wall of fame.

Tom Bloomfield - Viogner - http://www.bloomfieldvineyards.com

George Unti - Syrah - http://www.untivineyards.com/

Mark Jaegel - Petite Sirah

Herb Polesky and Susan Lentz - Sangiovese

Richard and Lillian Dickson - Cab/Merlot - http://www.dicksonnaparanch.com/

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Happy holidays to you all.  Have a wonderful Thanksgiving with friends, family, and a substantial glass of wine.  Been quite a year and we all certainly deserve it.  Raise a glass to a turbulent and historic 2008!  In celebration, you'll see holiday discounts on your order and free ground shipping on all orders of a case or more.

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