Meet the Locals Winemakers: Michall Pendleton

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Localista

I love getting out in the vineyard a few weeks before everyone else and just picking the fruit that is the ripest at that time and going back through maybe three or four times. This allows me the ability to make small lots with different alcohol levels and then to blend those back, making for a truly great wine.

I make wine one bottle at a time. Enjoy!

Michall Pendleton
Owner and Winemaker

Mike Pendleton’s Buzzard Red Wins Silver Medal at San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Localista

Buzzard Red is a winemakers blend of select fruit.10% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Petite Sirah, 30% Zinfandel, 40% Mourvedre all from Sonoma County. This wine offers very nice blackberry and cherry flavors on the nose. There is a up front fruit eruption with layers of luscious cherries and black berries’ and softer layers with great complexity. Great with food or by it’s self.