The HJW Vineyard is where it all began

25% stainless steel

north facing

causing stress to the vines and resulting in sparse canopies and loose clusters of unusually small

A combination of fruit from the very first western corridor vineyard grafted over to Viognier by Alban in 1986 and some of his estate Edna Valley fruit (which he began producing in 1993)

2015 Joseph Swan, Young Kent Chardonnay 2011 The HJW Vineyard is whereWhen Ritchie Vineyard was first planted it was very much old school with 12 between rows. For years Kent looked at what he viewed as wasted space that could have and should have been planted to grapes. Not wanting to remove and replant perfectly good grapes, he came up with an unusual solution: plant another row between the existing rows. The problem was that 6 row width would entail buying all new equipment as the spacing would be too tight for his