wh smith wines slide show 2008

Pinot Noir from Sonoma Coast

Cabernet Sauvignon from Howell Mountain, Napa Valley

BILL AND JOAN SMITHFOUNDERS OF LA JOTA WINERY NOW OWN W.H.

SMITH WINES

WINEMAKING TEAMBILL SMITH AND CARLOS MONTERO

THE ACCOMPLISHED W.H. SMITH MARKETING TEAM

THE RUGGED TERRAIN OF THE SONOMA COAST APPELLATION

THIS UMBRELLA AVA WAS CREATED LARGELY TO ACCOMMODATE COLD-CLIMATE, ‘ESTATE-BOTTLED’ PRODUCERS, WHO OWN VINEYARDS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT

THE COOLER ZONES ALONG THE SONOMA COAST.

MOST SONOMA COAST VINEYARD PLANTINGS LIE WITHIN SIX MILES FROM THE OCEAN

FOG FROM THE PETALUMA GAP AT UMINO VINEYARDS

ARIAL VIEW OF UMINO VINEYARDS

DAVID UMINO’S VINEYARD AND JOHN BALLETTO’S HOME RANCH VINEYARD ARE LOCATED IN THE SEBASTOPOL

HILLS AREA.

BALLETTO VINEYARDSRUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY AND SONOMA COAST

FOG IN FREESTONE VALLEY – HOME OF MARIMAR TORRES’ BIO-DYANMIC DOÑA MARGARITA VINEYARD

HELLENTHAL VINEYARDA VITICULTURAL AREA SO CLOSE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN

FLOCCHINI FAMILY ESTATE VINEYARD

THIS VINEYARD IN PETALUMA, IS IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SONOMA COAST APPELLATION - THREE MILES NORTH

OF THE SAN PABLO BAY AND THREE MILES FROM THE CARNEROS REGION.

PIEDRA HILL VINEYARD HIGH ATOP HOWELL MOUNTAIN - ABOVE THE FOG LINE.

COMPOSED OF FIVE CLONES OF CABERNET AND MALBEC, PETIT VERDOT, MERLOT AND CABERNET FRANC - ALL THE BORDEAUX VARIETIES

MAP OF W.H. SMITH VINEYARD SOURCESPINOT NOIR FROM THE SONOMA COAST

CABERNET SAUVIGNON FROM HOWELL MOUNTAIN, NAPA

Hellenthal

Piedra Hill Vineyard

Flocchini

Marimar Estate

Umino

Twin Hill Ranch

Balletto

Morris Ranch

SHOWING OFF THE BEAUTIFUL CABERNET SAUVIGNON CLUSTERS – GETTING READY FOR HARVEST.

HELLENTHAL FRUIT ARRIVES AT THE WINERY IN GREAT CONDITION

SORTING AND HAND SELECTING THE GRAPES

INSPECTING THE FRUIT AND MAKING DECISIONS

REMOVING THE SEEDS TO EXTRACT THE BITTER TANNINS IN THE WINE.

COOLING DOWN THE CRUSHED GRAPES WITH DRY ICE TO STOP RAPID FERMENTATIONS

BILL SMITH BILL HAS BEEN MAKING WINE FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS

AND DOES IT MORE BY ‘FEEL’ THAN RECIPE.

WHILE BILL IS BUSY WITH HARVEST JOAN IS HELPING THOSE IN NEED AROUND THE WORLD WITH THE

WHEELCHAIR PROJECT.

BILL AND JOAN SMITH LOVE WHAT THEY DO AND HOPE YOU ENJOY THEIR WINES

The Top 100 for 2007Only 20 California wines made the top 100 list - Only 3

wines were Pinot Noir

W. H. Smith Wines Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir Ranked #51 out of 100

W. H. Smith Wines Pinot Noir has been ranked in the top 100 2 times

in the last 3 years.