Gravity Flowing Russian River Pinot, Moshin Wines

In the late 1970s, while teaching math at San Jose State University and working a side hustle at a home-brewing supply store, Rick was encouraged to try his hand at winemaking—and fell deeply, madly in love. His hunger for grapes soon inspired him to become a grape broker, earning access to extra fruit while forging relationships with vineyard owners throughout Northern California. This gig allowed him to be in the right place when a certain Pinot Noir vineyard went up for sale in 1989. The rest is delicious history as Winemaker Rick Moshin has been producing natural, terroir-driven, and delicious wines in the Russian River Valley ever since . He sustainably farms his own prized Goldridge-soil Pinot Noir vineyards, and using the natural yeasts of his grapes — plus the help of a dedicated winemaking team — he gently makes small-lot, premium wines in a gravity-flow winery on Sonoma County’s famed Westside Road.A self-taught farmer, Rick designed and built one of California’s first gravity-flow wine cellars. Delicate, thin-skinned Pinot Noir grapes are sensitive to being overworked, so Moshin Vineyards’ four-level cellar uses the momentum of gravity—rather than the more aggressive power of pumps and conveyors—to gently move them between each stage of wine production. The critics are raving about these spectacular wines and we couldn't agree more...come enjoy the fruits of Moshin Vineyards!