⟡ mendocino Grape magic ⟡
vineyard sourcing
lolonis vineyard, redwood valley
The Bad Witch Valdiguié originates in the mystical Lolonis Vineyard, a hidden gem of inland Mendocino County. This renowned 120 acre vineyard was established in 1920 by the Greek immigrant Lolonis family and is still owned and operated today by the Lolonises, 4 generations later. The vineyard has been organically farmed since the 1950s, long before the word organic became a marketing tool, and continues to be a core value of those that steward this land. The Lolonis Vineyard provides an ideal climate for the fruit despite its inland positioning, given that Redwood Valley exists in a coastal ridge gap that allows the marine fog to slip through the hills. These cool nights/early mornings paired with the daytime summer heat create a diurnal shift where the Valdiguié thrives. In the 2025 vintage, this climate contributed to the grapes’ slow ripening and preservation of its crunchy acidity and lower alcohol profile that make this Valdiguié the perfect summer red wine.
day ranch vineyard, anderson valley
The Bad Witch Rosé of Pinot Noir originates in the stunning Day Ranch Vineyard, tucked into the "Deep End" of Anderson Valley — the coldest, foggiest stretch of one of California's coolest wine regions, just a few miles shy of the Pacific. Once an apple orchard, the land was planted to Pinot Noir in 1976 and has been dry-farmed ever since — no irrigation, just the vines and whatever the land gives them. It sits on a terrace at the foot of a mountainside, cut through by small streams, in rocky, sandy soil that makes the vines work hard for everything they get. The vineyard is farmed today by Matt Tollini, whose family has been growing grapes in Mendocino County since 1924 — 4 generations of instinct for what this ground wants and when. This is the ground the Bad Witch Rosé comes from — resulting in a delicate manifestation of this varietal, truly showing off its terroir, where the Mendocino coastal fog seems to linger in the glass.
