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sawtooth & skyline vineyard
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Sawtooth and Skyline are the largest vineyards in Idaho. Many varietals of grape are grown in these two vineyards.
We are lucky enough to have a standing contract with the owners of the vineyard, and a personal relationship with Dale Jeffers, the vineyard manager. We walk the rows with Dale in the early season to hear what his plans are for water and pest management. As harvest gets closer, we walk every row of our contracted fruit, sometimes several times a week, to monitor canopy, damage from weather or animals, fruit ripening, brix levels and grape flavors. All of this information helps us to determine our pick date for each varietal. We pull Merlot, Syrah, Mourvedre, Petit Verdot, Malbec, and Chardonnay from Sawtooth & Skyline Vineyards |
Skyline & Sawtooth Vineyards
14707 Surrey Ln Nampa, ID 83686 Manager: Dale Jeffers AVA: Snake River Valley Grape varieties we pull: Syrah, Merlot, Mourvedre, Petit Verdot, Malbec, Chardonnay |
WILLIAMSON VINEYARD
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In the early 1900s, the Williamson family planted their first trees on roughly 80 acres. They operated as a family owned orchard and continue to be a family operated business. The business has changed and expanded and now there are about 400 acres under the fourth generations tender care.
It wasn't until 1999 that the family was approached by a local winery to start growing grape vines. They took on the challenge, and now are regarded as some of the best growers in the area. We source Malbec from the Williamson Vineyards. |
Williamson Vineyard
14807 Sunnyslope Road Caldwell, ID 83607 Owner/Manager: Beverly, Mike, and Patrick Williamson AVA: Snake River Valley Grapes we pull: Malbec |
Lanae Ridge Vineyard
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Jay and Shelly Hawkins purchased the Wool Ridge Sheep Ranch in 2015 and partnered with Greg and Andy Koenig to establish the 32 acre vineyard with nine red grape varietals planted in the spring of 2016. Jay and Shelly, who both recently retired from long careers in high tech and health care respectively, are native Idahoans whose families have deep roots in farming.
The vineyard site is one of the warmest vineyard sites in Idaho and has a south-facing aspect with great air drainage due to the tremendous slope of the property. The vineyard will benefit from one of the longest growing seasons in the area. The soil profile of the site is ideal for high quality grapes with a sand-loam-chalk structure that has tremendous drainage capabilities. The site is located on the "Chalk Hills" in the Sunnyslope region. We pull Sangiovese, Syrah, and Tempranillo from Lanae Ridge Vineyard. |
Lanae Ridge Vineyard
21251 Homedale Road Caldwell, Idaho 83607 Owner/Manager: Jay and Shelly Hawkins AVA: Snake River Valley Grapes we pull: Syrah, Sangiovese, Tempranillo |
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boushey vineyards
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We met Dick Boushey through some friends in the Washington wine industry. He is one of the best viticulturists in the industry. His vineyard site near Grandview, WA is pristine and beautiful after years of meticulous growing. Because we live several hours away, we do not get to walk Boushey Vineyards as much as Sawtooth, Skyline, or Daniels – which are only 45 minutes away. We typically visit after bud break, around veraison (when the fruit starts to turn from a green color to purple in red grapes), and as many times as we are able, prior to picking. Dick walks his vineyards every day and sends us regular reports on vine and fruit conditions. You can find out more about Dick Boushey in this article at Great Northwest Wine.
We source Cabernet Sauvignon, Viognier and Marsanne from Boushey Vineyards. |
Boushey Vineyards
4313 N County Line Rd Grandview, WA Owner/Manager: Dick Boushey AVA: Yakima Valley Grapes we pull: Cabernet Sauvignon, Viognier, Marsanne |
quintessence vineyard
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Located in higher elevations, Quintessence is the largest contiguous vineyard on Red Mountain. Established in 2010, the vineyard is managed by Marshall Edwards, who previously worked at Ste. Michelle and Canoe Ridge Estate in Horse Heaven Hills. Dry weather combined with rich volcanic soils and controlled irrigation produces near perfect conditions for the development of premium wine grapes.
We are thrilled to source Cabernet Sauvignon from Quintessence. |
Quintessence Vineyard
42658 N Antinori Road Benton City, WA 99320 Owner/Manager: Marshall Edwards (2017 Grower of the Year) AVA: Red Mountain Grapes we pull: Cabernet Sauvignon |
Discovery vineyard
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Milo May is a Boise guy who we happened to meet through a friend in the industry. Their site overlooks the Columbia river and gorge south of Prosser and is all managed by hand. He manages his vineyards beautifully and we are excited to be working with him for the first time for the 2016 harvest.
We pull Cabernet Sauvignon from Discovery Vineyards. |
Discovery Vineyard
100 Columbia Ridge Rd Alderdale, WA 99350 Manager: Milo May AVA: Horse Heaven Hills Grapes we pull: Cabernet Sauvignon |
Ciel Du Cheval vineyard
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Ciel was established in 1975 and for nearly 39 years has been providing grapes to some of the finest wineries, Ciel has a reputation for growing red wines grapes that have intense character and dense but supple tannins. The vineyard mission is to grow grapes that are the best reflection of the unique terroir and give a sense of place.
We pull Syrah from Ciel Du Cheval Vineyard. |
Ciel Du Cheval Vineyard
4361 King Drive West Richland, WA 99353 Manager: Richard Holmes AVA: Red Mountain Grapes we pull: Syrah |
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scooteney flats vineyard
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In addition to French Creek Vineyards, Damon LaLonde is also the vineyard manager at Scooteney Flats – and has been since first planting of the vineyard in 2007. The vineyard is named for the Scooteney soil that comprises 95 percent of the soil on site.
The vineyard is located on the lower elevations of Red Mountain, famous for a winning combination of latitude, temperature swings and high velocity winds. These factors result in small grape clusters that concentrate intense flavors in the fruit. Damon continues to employ strict growing regiments to provide consistently high quality fruit. We source both Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot from Scooteney Flats. |
Scooteney Flats Vineyard
1333 Columbia Park Trail, STE 120 Richland, WA 99352 Manager: Damon LaLonde AVA: Red Mountain Grapes we pull: Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot |
daniel vinEyard
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Dave Daniel worked for a larger producer for years. When he was ready to slow down, he didn’t want to quit grape growing.
The vineyard was planted in 1998 and required ground-up retraining after freeze damage in January 2013. The vines recovered splendidly and produced an excellent 2014 vintage. Gravely silt loam soil and a southern facing slope is an ideal combination to produce delicious Merlot grapes. “Since we are not a large vineyard we focus on raising quality fruit that gets a lot of personal attention. We are thrilled to be partnering with Telaya. We share Telaya’s values of the importance of family and your passion to produce world class wine from high quality Idaho grapes.” Dave manages the vineyard. His wife Angie, and their kids Matthew and Liz help with their support and labor. We pull Merlot from Daniel Vineyard. |
Daniel Vineyard
12197 Deer Flat Rd Nampa, ID 83686 Owner/Manager: Dave Daniel AVA: Snake River Valley Grapes we pull: Merlot - 2016 Merlot will be our last vintage. |
sCORIA VINEYARD
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Sydney Nederend grew up in a family of farmers. As Sydney came into her own and started thinking about what she wanted to do as a career she kept coming back to several of her passions, wine, growing a crop, and marketing products. With the help and blessing of her parents and support from her husband the whole family planted their first ten acres of fruit in 2014.
In 2015 they started off the season cutting everything back to the roots to try to get all of the vines up on the fruiting wire in one season. They were successful and planted another 10 acres that spring of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. In 2019 Sydney, and her husband James, went all into the wine business and purchased more vineyards and a whole other wine label from Greg Koenig. They now manage a fresh young brand in the SCORIA label, and also own the well established Koenig Vineyards label. We currently pull Petit Verdot from SCORIA. |
SCORIA Vineyard
12639 Walker Lake Rd Caldwell, Id 83607 Owner/Manager: Sydney Nederend AVA: Snake River Valley Grapes we pull: Petit Verdot |