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01 Jan

Posted at 01:56h in 2025 Wineries, 2026 Wineries, 2027 Wineries, San Jose 2026, San Jose 2027, Wineries

Terah Wine Co.

425 S 3rd Street, Richmond, CA
www.terahwineco.com

Region: Bay Area

Owner: Terah Bajjalieh

Winemaker: Terah Bajjalieh

About: Small producer, focused on working with grower partners who farm organically and biodynamically. Making wine from Mediterranean varietals or varietals off the beaten path. Looking to produce food-friendly wines showing balance and site.

What is your favorite undiscovered grape? Barbera. I love the flavor and acid profile of the grape

What was your first experience with an undiscovered grape? 

What do you love most about the undiscovered grapes? Acidity and the huge flavors!

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Terah Wine Co.

07 Nov

Posted at 21:42h in 2025 Wineries, 2026 Wineries, 2027 Wineries, Los Angeles 2027, San Jose 2026, Wineries

tercero wines

2445 Alamo Pintado Avenue Suite 105, Los Olivos, CA. 93441
www.tercerowines.com

Region: Santa Barbara County

Owner and Winemaker: Larry Schaffer

About: I concentrate on making small lot, hand crafted wines using fruit from leading Santa Barbara County vineyards. My main focus are Rhone varieties – I’ll be President of the Board of Directors of the Rhone Rangers in 2025 – but also work with other interesting varieties.

What is your favorite undiscovered grape? Counoise

What was your first experience with an undiscovered grape? I can still remember the first time I smelled a Gewurztraminer – those hauntingly beautiful aromatics were like nothing I had ever experienced in a wine before – and to this day, the aromatics of this variety remain so special to me.

What do you love most about the undiscovered grapes? I love how they provide distinctive flavors and aromas that expand ones horizons as to what wine can be.

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09 Mar

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Thacher Winery and Vineyard

8355 Vineyard Dr., Paso Robles thacherwinery.com Region: Paso Robles Owner/Winemaker: Sherman Thacher About: Our mission is to grow unique, and food-friendly wines that purely express the terroirs we farm throughout the Central Coast. We strive to make elegant wines with more nuances than sheer power. What is your favorite undiscovered grape? Cinsault What was your first experience with an undiscovered grape? 2015 Cinsault What do you love most about the undiscovered grapes? The unique expression that these forgotten grapes can produce.

09 Mar

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Trail Marker Wine Co.

1160 Hopper Ave, Santa Rosa CA 95403
www.trailmarkerwineco.com

Region:  Sonoma County

Owners/Winemakers: Drew Huffine and Emily Virgil

About: We’re purists at Trail Marker and Kid Sister. We source fruit from small, yet responsibly farmed and passionately cared for vineyards, anywhere from Mendocino to Santa Cruz. Our traditional winemaking style allows us to make wines that are high acid, low alcohol — well balanced expressions of these uncommon places. They’re wines we like to drink and share, and we think you will too.

What is your favorite undiscovered grape? Trousseau

What was your first experience with an undiscovered grape? Jura Trousseau

What do you love most about the undiscovered grapes? That people just taste from a place of pleasure rather than what they THINK the wine should taste like (as is the case with more typical varietals).

14 May

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Two Shepherds

7763 Bell Road, Windsor, CA 95492
twoshepherds.com

Region: Sonoma County

Owner: William Allen

Winemaker: William Allen

About: Founded in 2010, partners William crafts natural wines organically farmed, from leased vineyard row contracts. He also organically & regeneratively farms Grenache Gris and Noir on his small farm, alongside the adorable mini donkeys and goats.

Wines are made in his own facility, from unusual varietals, like Picpoul, Pinot Meunier, and more. Nicknamed “the insane master of small lots” William guides ~15-20 unique wines a year ranging from 25-400 case lots.

Wines are vinified with native yeast, small bin fermentations, neutral oak, and a small amount of SO2. Their light-handed approach, and reputation for unflawed wines has been heralded by the press, with articles in the NY Times, Washington Post, SF Chronicle, Sonoma Magazine and more.

What is your favorite undiscovered grape? Trousseau Gris

What was your first experience with an undiscovered grape? Discovering Trousseau Gris was planted across the street from my farm.

What do you love most about the undiscovered grapes? 93% of the wine made in the North Coast of CA is from 7 varieties. Let’s embrace diversity.

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09 Mar

Posted at 01:06h in 2024 Wineries, 2025 Wineries, 2026 Wineries, San Jose 2026, Wineries

UNTI Vineyards

4202 Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg, CA
www.untivineyards.com

Region: Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County

Owner: Mick Unti

Winemaker: Jason Valenti

About: Unti is a family-owned estate with 60 acres of organically-farmed Italian and Rhone varieties ideally suited to our Mediterranean climate in the Dry Creek Valley.

What is your favorite undiscovered grape? Montepulciano

What was your first experience with an undiscovered grape? Sangiovese in the late 1990’s and Grenache, Barbera, Vermentino in early 2000’s.

What do you love most about the undiscovered grapes? They are ideally suited to our climate because they are native to the Mediterranean-which results in terroir-driven wines with balance. They are easy to make into interesting wines using traditional artisan winemaking methods.

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09 Mar

Posted at 01:20h in 2024 Wineries, 2025 Wineries, 2026 Wineries, Los Angeles 2026, Wineries

Vega Vineyard and Farm

9496 Santa Rosa Road, Santa Ynez, CA
vegavineyardandfarm.com

Region: Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara County

Owner: Jimmy Loizides

Winemaker: Steve Clifton

About: Beautiful winery and world-class restaurant nestled in the hills of the Santa Ynez Valley with amazing experiences around every corner.

What is your favorite undiscovered grape? Sagrantino

What was your first experience with an undiscovered grape? It’s been too long to remember.

What do you love most about the undiscovered grapes? Variety! And greater pairings with food.

21 Nov

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Wild Rejoice Wine Company

1401 Marina Way S. #280, Richmond, CA 94804
wildrejoice.com

Region: Sacramento/East Bay

Owner: Alice and Michael Valania

Winemaker: Michael Valania

About: Wild Rejoice is a family-run winery, generally ruled by a 5-year-old human who knows more about making wine than most but would rather fly a kite than stomp grapes.

What is your favorite undiscovered grape? Cinsault

What was your first experience with an undiscovered grape? Visiting many of the amazing wineries in and around the Santa Ynez Valley, the undiscovered grapes are abundant. One of the first we can remember is the variety of Italian varieties at Palmina Wines. Learning about Dolcetto, Vermentino and other Italian grapes being grown in the region was eye-opening.

What do you love most about the undiscovered grapes? Undiscovered grapes are so expressive of place and time. It is so much fun to discover new grapes and figure out where they do well and how they compare across the world.