Dirty and Rowdy Family Winery

America's #1 Winery. We make tiny lots of skin fermented Semillon and Mourvèdre, These are wines with knees and elbows. You might find us in Healdsburg, LA, SF, NYC, and Singapore. To get wine or to sign up for our mailing list, go to: www.dirtyandrowdy.com

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Aww yeah Support Your Local 'Squatch! Our new M's and W's navy blue shirts are ready to order at www.dirtyandrowdy.com/t-shirts (shirts shipping mid-April)

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This harvest we installed Google style #NapPods at the winery #harvest2014 #hitthewall

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New fermenter #spiritanimals clockwise Top L to R - Fred and Daughter Petite Sirah (Miles Davis), Skinner Vineyards #Mourvèdre (70s Phil Lesh), Shake Ridge Ranch Mourvèdre (Duane Allman) (at Punchdown Cellars)

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"You may ask yourself, "What is that beautiful house?" You may ask yourself, "Where does that highway go to?" And you may ask yourself, "Am I right? Am I wrong?" And you may say to yourself, "My God, what have I done?" At the tail end of fermentation our Antle Vineyard Pinot Blanc is the meanest, stoniest wine I have tasted. Let's hope that behind the rocky pain and post ML is a paradise unknown filled with sitar music and plenty of fried chicken. (at Cruse Wine Company)

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Chilling in the winery while Michael Cruse runs pH on the D&R Semillon (17 brix, 3.1 pH) (at Cruse Wine Company)

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Checking in on our scraptastic new block of old vine Petite Sirah- that fruit gonna make a bad dog break a chain!!! (at City of Ten Thousand Buddhas)

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Dirty and Rowdy Portland OR Tastings; 6/19 & 6/20

On 6/19 and 6/20, Dirty and Rowdy, Forlorn Hope,  and Bebame Wines team up for two days of events in Portland, OR.

6/19:  5:30-7:30 tasting at SE Wine Collective

6/20: 6:00 at Storyteller Wine Co.

Get on it!!!!

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Dirty and Rowdy Chalone AVA Pinot Noir?

2014 Dirty and Rowdy Pinot Noir.  Chalone Clone.  Antle Vineyard. Chalone AVA.

4 yrs ago, I consumed a 1978 Chalone Vineyard Pinot Noir while camping under the stars just below this this hill.  It was one of the most beautiful CA wines I have ever tasted.  Earth, rock, savory, chaparral- Deep.  Spiritually moving. Coyotes, shooting stars, the entire universe inside and outside the glass.

While the Chalone winery has long been sold off to other owners, these 25yr old vines from cuttings off the early plantings at Chalone Vineyard,sit adjacent to the Chalone property on the Antle Vineyard.  They grow in similar soils- a kaleidiscopic mix of limestone, sandstone, decomposed granite, quartz, clay, and volcanic.  

We began sourcing Mourvèdre from the Antle vineyard in 2013, and it is  a special wine.  When the opportunity came to take some of their older plantings of Chalone Clone Pinot Noir, it was a no brainer.  Pinot Noir is a different animal than our beloved Mourvèdre, but this is about site, soil, and a long-shot chance to chase the dragon deep into the universe.

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SF, CA. 6/4:

Local's Corner and Dirty and Rowdy Family Winery pair up for what will be a legendary dinner. Four courses, 5 wines. Let's get it on!

Reservations can be made online (for anytime on 6/4) or call [phone] for more info.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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6/4 Dirty and Rowdy Winemaker Dinner at Local's Corner SF!

SF, CA:  

On 6/4 wonder twin powers activate.  Local's Corner SF and Dirty and Rowdy Family Winery pair up for a 3 course winemaker dinner.  

Reservations can be made for any seating time via openTable

http://www.opentable.com/locals-corner

photo via Chef Tim Malloy

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Native prise de mousse trials for our traditional method Pinot Blanc. The yeast was captured from our fermenting pet nat Pinot Blanc. Might as well go all out the hard way.

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Here Comes Sunshine! Our '13 Alder Springs Chardonnay racked from egg to barrel to finish primary fermentation in the awesome CA sun.

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"A little bit harder, just a little bit more, a little bit further than you gone before...every time that wheel goes round, bound to cover just a little more ground" '13 D&R Semillon (at corner of plump and juicy)

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Hard at work finalizing our Spring Release tasting notes. Offer drops this weekend.

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Spring at Antle Vineyard in Chalone AVA

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Video from Astor Wines in NYC

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The color of our '13 Santa Barbara Highlands Vineyard Mourvèdre.