Whether you’re looking for steely, lazer-focused whites and an eye toward Italy (Sound & Vision) or something with feet planted firmly in the Rhône Valley (Goldback), there is a little something for everyone at this collective.
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Goldback Wines
Goldback Wines launched in 2016, the realization of a winemaking dream 14 years in the making. Before settling in Ashland and starting Goldback, winemaker Andy Myer spent over a decade working in wine regions across the globe learning the skills and secrets from the masters. The most important secret of them all? How to make the wines you like to drink.
His clean, careful approach to winemaking favors pragmatic minimalism over dogma. Fruit is picked on the earlier side to maintain refreshing, natural acidity. Whole clusters and long skin contact are used for softer texture & tannin integration. Neutral oak showcases the site's authentic expression.
The initial focus for Goldback is on Rhône varieties grown from 2 unique and sustainably farmed sites in the southeastern area of the Rogue Valley. (Oh, and Chenin Blanc)
Sound & Vision Wine Co.
Sound & Vision Wine Co. was started in 2018 with an artist’s vision of sunlight-dappled nestled hillsides, and… ugh, whatever.
The truth is- great wines come from doggedly determined people doing yeoman’s work; letting nature, vineyard, and vintage dictate what a wine truly has to say.
Started in 2018 by Joe Chepolis (Vigneron/Maître de Chai/Enfant Terrible) and Carmen Nydegger (basically, all of the important stuff ), Sound & Vision is an exercise in getting out of the way; caring too much in the vineyard and doing as little as possible in the winery.
With a lean towards Italy and an eye towards the far reaches of an infinite universe, the ultimate goal is to source fruit from and/or farm the most distinctive vineyards in the Rogue Valley and let them sing.
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SOURCE: Catalyst Wine Collective
