About Porter-Bass
Porter-Bass is a small, family-owned biodynamic winery tucked into a saddle between two redwood-covered ridges just above Guerneville, on the cool western edge of the Russian River Valley about nine miles from the Pacific. The Porter and Bass family bought the then-rundown vineyard, with its century-old Zinfandel vines, in 1980 and set about renewing the soil through organic and biodynamic farming; since 2001 they've reserved a small share of the fruit for their own estate wines.
Today mother-and-son team Susan Porter and winemaker Luke Bass farm the 25-acre estate, planted mostly to Pinot Noir and Chardonnay with a treasured old-vine Zinfandel block. The Demeter-certified wines are made naturally, indigenous-yeast fermentation, neutral barrels, unfined and unfiltered, to give balanced, coastal-cool expressions of the site; the fruit is so prized that it also goes into wines from names like Littorai and Ceritas.
A visit is intimate and off the beaten path: a scenic drive up Mays Canyon Road through the redwoods to a barrel-and-plank tasting bar under a walnut tree beside the owners' home. By appointment.
A family biodynamic estate above Guerneville making naturally-made Chardonnay, Pinot and old-vine Zin, tasted under a walnut tree by appointment.
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Family biodynamic estateDemeter-certified vineyards farmed organically and biodynamically since 1980.
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Naturally made estate winesIndigenous-yeast, unfined and unfiltered Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and old-vine Zinfandel.
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Prized fruitGrapes so coveted they also go into wines from names like Littorai and Ceritas.
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Intimate, off-the-beaten-pathBy-appointment tastings under a walnut tree beside the owners' home, up a redwood-lined road.
"Today mother-and-son team Susan Porter and winemaker Luke Bass farm the 25-acre estate, planted mostly to Pinot Noir and Chardonnay with a treasured old-vine Zinfandel block."
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