About Jaxon Keys Winery & Distillery
Jaxon Keys Winery and Distillery crowns a hilltop on a historic 1,250-acre ranch just north of Hopland, its tasting room set in a lovingly restored 1880 farmhouse built by Scottish immigrant John McGlashen, who bought the land from a Mexican land grantee in 1858 for 4,500 dollars and named it Burnee Hill, House on the Hill. The property stayed in his family for a century before Ken Wilson of Wilson Artisan Wineries established Jaxon Keys in 2009.
The estate grows a broad sweep of varieties, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Viognier, Grenache, Syrah, Petite Sirah, Zinfandel and Primitivo among them, poured at an antique bar alongside blends like the Burnee Hill Meritage and Farmhouse Red. The distillery is the showstopper: Alambic brandies made on a copper pot still of 15th-century design, built in Cognac, France in the 1800s.
The wraparound veranda with its cushy wicker seating and long views over the Russian River valley is one of Mendocino's great porches, quiet even on busy days. The winery is dog friendly, offers picnic supplies, and welcomes parties of six or fewer without reservations; note the hilltop tasting room is reached by a good number of steps.
Estate wines and Cognac-still Alambic brandy poured from an 1880 hilltop farmhouse over a 1,250-acre Hopland ranch.
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The 1880 farmhouseA restored Victorian ranch house with an antique bar and a veranda made for slow afternoons.
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Brandy done the old wayAlambic spirits from a copper pot still built in 1800s Cognac to a 15th-century design.
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Seldom-seen varietiesViognier, Primitivo and Grenache join the classics across a wide estate lineup.
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Views that earn the stepsThe hilltop porch looks across vineyards and the Russian River valley in genuine quiet.
"Estate wines and Cognac-still Alambic brandy poured from an 1880 hilltop farmhouse over a 1,250-acre Hopland ranch."
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