About This Vineyard
Porter Creek Vineyards, set in the heart of California’s wine country, has been producing wine since 1982. Alex Davis, who took over as winemaker from his father in 1997, represents the next generation of California winemakers. Davis produces small quantities of high quality, food-friendly, Old World-style organic wines in a market dominated by Robert Parker-style wines.
Take their fruity, well-structured Hillside Vineyard 2006 Pinot Noir, for example. Planted in 1974, these are among the oldest Pinot Noir plantings in the Russian River Valley. Davis, who uses French oak barrels for aging, now oversees all the Porter Creek wine production. His underlying philosophy is that a good wine should showcase the terroir more than the actual process.
