About Hook & Ladder Winery
Hook & Ladder Winery is Cecil De Loach's second act, and in many ways his most personal. Cecil De Loach co-founded De Loach Vineyards in 1975 and built it into one of the Russian River Valley's most recognized estate producers before eventually selling the brand. In 2002, he established Hook & Ladder on Olivet Road, named in tribute to the firefighters and agricultural community of the Russian River Valley, as a genuinely family-scale small producer focused on the varieties and neighborhoods he has known his entire winemaking life.
The Olivet Road estate sits between Harvest Moon and Sunce wineries, the three forming an informal neighborhood wine community that has built mutual loyalty through genuine quality and warmth rather than marketing budgets. Cecil's estate Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Zinfandel from Russian River Valley sources show the accumulated knowledge of a winemaker who has farmed this specific RRV corridor for nearly five decades.
The walk-in Thursday through Monday format, picnic grounds, family-friendly atmosphere, and honest pricing make Hook & Ladder one of the most genuinely community-oriented and unpretentious estate wine experiences on the Santa Rosa Olivet Road wine corridor.
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Russian River Valley SettingHook And Ladder sits in one of California's most celebrated cool-climate AVAs, known worldwide for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.
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Fog-Influenced TerroirRussian River Valley vines benefit from the daily fog that pulls cool Pacific air inland through the Petaluma Gap.
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Sonoma Boutique FormatMost Russian River Valley wineries lean toward small-lot production and family-scale hospitality.
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Featured Wines
Pinot Noir
Estate Pinot Noir
Russian River Valley Estate
Cecil De Loach's Russian River Valley Pinot Noir from the Olivet Road estate, 50 years of accumulated RRV farming knowledge applied to California's greatest cool-climate red variety in the Hook & Ladder community-focused, honest style.
Chardonnay
Estate Chardonnay
Russian River Valley Estate
Olivet Road estate Chardonnay from the RRV corridor where Cecil De Loach has been farming since 1975, mineral, food-friendly, and showing the genuine Russian River Valley character that five decades of continuous farming knowledge produces.
Zinfandel
Zinfandel
Russian River Valley Estate
Hook & Ladder's estate RRV Zinfandel, Cecil's personal tribute to the warm, community-spirited Olivet Road neighborhood and the agricultural heritage that he has been part of since long before the Russian River Valley became a wine country destination.
White Blend
The Tillerman White
Russian River Valley
Hook & Ladder's approachable white blend, named for the tillerman who steers the back end of a fire truck, this RRV white is the most food-friendly and immediately welcoming wine for first-time visitors discovering the Olivet Road neighborhood.
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Olivet Road Community Walk-In
Walk in Thursday through Monday on the Olivet Road corridor recommended by neighbors Harvest Moon and Sunce, Cecil De Loach's estate RRV Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Zinfandel with picnic grounds and the community warmth of a firefighter-tribute neighborhood winery.
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