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Peay Vineyards
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Andy and Nick Peay started Peay Vineyards in 1996 with the goal to make wines that capture a purity and sense of place like the great wines they enjoyed drinking from the Old World. To that end, the brothers decided it was critical for them to own and farm their own grapes in a climate much cooler than they had experienced anywhere in the New World. In 1996, they purchased an old sheep ranch on a ridge overlooking the Pacific Ocean on the extreme West Sonoma Coast - where folks said it was too cold to ripen wine grapes - and began planting in 1998.
Before their first harvest in 2001, the Peay brothers were joined in their endeavor by Vanessa Wong, former winemaker at Peter Michael, who started her career with stints at Château Lafite Rothschild and Domaine Jean Gros. This allowed Nick to focus on farming the 51-acre organic vineyard and Andy to manage sales and marketing. They have been fortunate to be able to make wines of finesse and intensity that capture the character of their estate vineyard as well as the attention of wine lovers around the world.
Andy and Nick Peay started Peay Vineyards in 1996 with the goal to make wines that capture a purity and sense of place like the great wines they enjoyed drinking from the Old World. To that end, the brothers decided it was critical for them to own and farm their own grapes in a climate much cooler than they had experienced anywhere in the New World. In 1996, they purchased an old sheep ranch on a ridge overlooking the Pacific Ocean on the extreme West Sonoma Coast - where folks said it was too cold to ripen wine grapes - and began planting in 1998.
Before their first harvest in 2001, the Peay brothers were joined in their endeavor by Vanessa Wong, former winemaker at Peter Michael, who started her career with stints at Château Lafite Rothschild and Domaine Jean Gros. This allowed Nick to focus on farming the 51-acre organic vineyard and Andy to manage sales and marketing. They have been fortunate to be able to make wines of finesse and intensity that capture the character of their estate vineyard as well as the attention of wine lovers around the world.