Four guests will enjoy a seated tasting at Hamel's Family Wines Estate House that includes a private tour of the Caves and a tasting of Nuns Canyon-single vineyard wines alongside a gourmet snack by Executive Chef Thomas Mendel. 

 

About Nuns Canyon: One of California’s first mountain vineyards and one of its great volcanic sites, Nuns Canyon is stunningly steep, elevated within the western slopes of the Mayacamas Mountains between 1,200 and 1,600 feet. Six miles north of Hamel Family Ranch, the 110-acre site’s red iron-rich soil is underlain with gravel and fractured basalt from ancient volcanic eruptions and lava flows. Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Grenache, and Sauvignon Blanc are grown amidst a myriad of pristine micro-terroirs, where the vines are cooled by high-elevation coastal winds. This vineyard sits within the Moon Mountain District appellation and, since 2018, has been completely dry farmed and certified Biodynamic. It produces Hamel’s most elevated and purest expression of volcanic terroir.