About Balo Vineyards
Jason and Molly Drew's Boonville Anderson Valley estate — the Drew Family Cellars winemakers' second label produces estate Pinot Noir and Chardonnay f
Balo Vineyards is the estate label of Jason and Molly Drew — whose Drew Family Cellars produces critically acclaimed biodynamic Anderson Valley Pinot Noir under the Drew name — focused on the specific character of the Boonville end of the Anderson Valley, where the proximity to Ukiah and the highway junction creates slightly warmer conditions than the maritime fog-saturated Philo corridor that defines the Drew Family Cellars program.
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Balo Vineyards isBalo Vineyards is the estate label of Jason and Molly Drew — whose Drew Family Cellars produces critically acclaimed biodynamic Anderson Valley Pinot Noir under the Drew name — focused on the specific character of the Boonville end of the Anderson Valley, where the proximity to Ukiah and the highway junction creates slightly warmer conditions than the maritime fog-saturated Philo corridor that defines the Drew Family Cellars program.
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The Boonville terroirThe Boonville terroir produces Pinot Noir and Chardonnay of more immediately approachable and fruit-forward character than the Philo sites — wines that complement rather than duplicate the Drew Family Cellars production and allow Jason and Molly to explore the full range of what the Anderson Valley's geographic diversity consistently offers across its 15-mile east-to-west corridor.
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The appointment-only BoonvilleThe appointment-only Boonville Highway 128 estate provides one of Anderson Valley's most directly personal and winemaker-family-connected experiences — visitors to Balo are in genuine direct contact with the Drew family's personal Boonville project rather than the Drew Family Cellars commercial program.
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Featured Wines
Pinot Noir
Boonville Estate Pinot Noir
Anderson Valley / Boonville Estate
Balo's estate Boonville expression — Pinot Noir from the warmer, more immediately approachable eastern end of the Anderson Valley where Jason and Molly Drew's Boonville terrain produces a distinctly different corridor personality from the Philo biodynamic Drew Family Cellars expressions.
Estate
★★★★☆
Chardonnay
Estate Chardonnay
Anderson Valley / Boonville Estate
Balo's Boonville Chardonnay — estate Anderson Valley white from the warmer eastern corridor showing the fuller, more fruit-forward character that the Boonville Highway 128 junction position consistently produces compared to the maritime fog-saturated Philo corridor Chardonnay.
Estate
★★★★☆
Pinot Gris
Pinot Gris
Anderson Valley / Boonville Estate
Balo's aromatic white counterpoint — estate Boonville Anderson Valley Pinot Gris showing the food-friendly, textural character that the warmer eastern corridor's morning light and afternoon warmth produce in this Alsatian variety under Jason Drew's personal estate farming conviction.
Estate
★★★★☆
Rosé
Rosé of Pinot Noir
Anderson Valley Estate
Balo's most seasonally immediate and picnic-appropriate expression — estate Boonville Rosé from the Jason and Molly Drew's personal Pinot Noir blocks, dry, fresh, and showing the most directly accessible and food-compatible format of the Boonville corridor character.
Estate
★★★★☆
Tasting Experiences
Book on Tock →Boonville Estate Appointment
Appointment tasting at Jason and Molly Drew's personal Boonville Anderson Valley estate — estate Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from the eastern corridor's more immediately approachable character alongside the critically acclaimed Drew Family Cellars biodynamic Philo program. Picnic grounds and Anderson Valley views.
$25
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