You’re shady swaying in the hammock, walking on the sunny side of the street or eating Elotes on the beach volleyball bench.

This is always a fun wine to make, as it marks the beginning of harvest in late August. Urban Edge Farm is located outside of Oakley, Contra Costa County (affectionately CoCo). The weather and soils of CoCo are reminiscent of the Mediterranean, with a hot land mass, super duper sandy soils, and a near constant cooling wind coming off of the very cold salty waters of the Carquinez Strait. The resulting wines are full of summer flavors, slightly salty, and extremely drinkable. When our old-vine Redwood Valley Colombard (and Carignan) vineyard was damaged by a fall frost (losing 90% of the 2021 yield), we went searching for a new source to provide a citrusy balance to the aromatically-driven Marsanne, Roussanne, Muscat core. Vermentino from a certified biodynamic vineyard in San Joaquin County proved to be a perfect match.