Then you get good wine. Then you get 8 drunken men. Finally, you get the breakthrough -- wine as experience. A lifestyle. A community-based service. Like a printing press or a local farm, our winery is about a place; a people; a way. A wine crush takes a village, and we believe we have a damn good village. A banker, two teachers, a chemist, two sales guys. We don't really know what the other guys do, but trust us -- it's fascinating. We started in 2002, with a second pick at Mazzocco vineyards in Healdsburg. The two experienced winemakers of the group promised us it would be easy. It wasn't. But we all found our way that
day.
We make wine in Berkeley California, with grapes from Sonoma, Napa, and the Central Coast. We have incredible relationships with our growers (some of the best in California), and they grow grapes in the same way we make wine – with their family, their hands, and a deep passion for what they do. We're often asked "if you're in Berkeley, then where are your vineyards?" Simple answer – wherever is best for the wine. When we find a vineyard with exceptional fruit - we pounce on it. And, thanks to those tight relationships to small, focused, growers, we've been able to implement organic, biodynamic, and other sustainable practices. The fruit makes its way to our Berkeley winery an hour
after we manage the pick to meet our needs. We're urban, but not in a "we're urban" way.
- 1. Limiting volume: hand crafted and high touch, so we can remain deeply connected to the growing, making, and aging of some very special wines.
- Getting the wine to people who will enjoy it most, share it, and take it for what it is -- a social practice. In short, creating the best wines and keeping them from the wine snobs.
- Producing wine from a society; a culture; a place -- engaging in community events vs. wine tastings, doing it sustainably, and creating wine that tells a story.
Wine is food and friends, dirty dishes, and passion for the conversation and friendships it engenders.
Two Mile is a brand of remarkable wines, distributed within a small group but meant to be shared vs. hoarded; of a place; of being able to know the people who cared for the grapes, crafted the wine, and created a story; all outside of the traditional, illegible wine marketing machine..
- In elegant, incredible wine
- That the wine is only as good as the meal and company
- In friendship, family, and community
- In eating, drinking, and living
- In place
We're 8 people who represent a community. We come from different, diverse backgrounds, and have built a relationship around this promise. We're not a legacy, but a point in time. We hope that every one of you open a bottle and share it as your own. Why Two Mile? Stop by and we'll tell you the story. We hope to see you soon.
In due time,
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