Stephen muses that if it weren’t for sneak­ing a few bot­tles from his mother’s wine col­lec­tion at an early age, he may never have devel­oped a taste for wine. (The team at Fid­dle­head is glad for this early indis­cre­tion!) Stephen amuses us every day with his dry sense of humor, his extremely diverse love of […]

Oh Fid­dlestix! How could I not have fun when it came time to name my Vine­yard?! After all, there are all those “stix” in the ground and there is that nat­ural con­nec­tion to all my other “fid­dle” names…fiddlehead, fid­dlechix, fid­dle­friend, fre­quent fid­dle club…..! Fid­dle­head is all about sense of place. I cre­ated Fid­dle­head to focus […]

I had a crazy idea — I would like to con­nect with you guys more often and in a more acces­si­ble way. So every once in a while I am going to hang out at a restau­rant and open a bot­tle of Fid­dle­head and share sto­ries of the day! I am start­ing the New Year with […]

  My job is crazy…but good crazy!

The Santa Maria Times caught up with John, our Assis­tant Wine­maker, pick­ing Sauvi­gnon Blanc at McGin­ley Vineyard!

Why Happy Canyon? It’s a place, it’s a wine, and it’s sat­is­fac­tion. Read the wine notes, drink the wine, and take advan­tage of free ship­ping through Feb­ru­ary 15th! While Pinot Noir makes up 80% of our pro­duc­tion these days, Sauvi­gnon Blanc has always been an impor­tant part of my port­fo­lio. In fact, my love for […]

Pinkie’s Party was a resound­ing suc­cess! Great food, fun music com­pli­ments of the House Red (Pink) Band, and wildly cre­ative pink cos­tumes which far exceeded my expec­ta­tions. A big con­grat­u­la­tions to the win­ners of the cos­tume com­pe­ti­tion: Joseph and Laura, who we dubbed the “Post it Pair” for Most Unique/Creative, Marten and Theresa “Cake Lady” […]

Vine­yard Update The New Year is upon us, which sig­nals the start of an excit­ing new wine vin­tage!  The rains have arrived and our vines appre­ci­ate the “flush­ing” of excess min­er­als that have accu­mu­lated in their root zone.  The win­ter frost makes an occa­sional appear­ance and blan­kets the vine­yard floor, and the vine­yard pro­file transitions […]