Founded in 1990, Stolpman Vineyards sits on rolling Limestone hills in the Ballard Canyon AVA in the heart of Santa Barbara County wine country. Tom Stolpman focused on Syrah and other Rhone varietals since the beginning, as well as an Italian passion project centered around Sangiovese. Tom’s son Pete took over the operation in 2009 and started the SO FRESH brand using whole-grape (un-crushed) “carbonic fermentation” to make lighter bodied, chill-able red wines.
Stolpman Vineyards The rich, rust-colored white grape Roussanne thrives in the long, cool Pacific-influenced climate while Sangiovese February 2021 produces bright, dynamic flavors from the vineyard’s Limestone-driven concentration. Stolpman Syrah delivers beautiful fruit purity married with savory olive notes. Stolpman Vineyards only employs a year-round vineyard crew, no migrant labor, and the employees farm their own “Cuadra” or vineyard block. 10% of Stolpman’s production goes into La Cuadrilla Red, and Stolpman gives the profits of this wine back to the workers in the form of a year-end bonus.
2019 2020 Love 2018 La Crunchy You Bunches Cuadrilla Roaste for customers of ANDOVER | ROSEVILLE | CHANHASSEN | ST. LOUIS PARK | BLAINE | WOODBURY Place Matters All of Santa Barbara County wine country lies on Point Conception, the “corner” of California created by a rare transverse East-West running mountain range.
The cold pacific ocean air rushes through the unobstructed hills filling the vacuum of hot air rising over the Mojave desert to the East.
Ballard Canyon, famous for Syrah, lies in the heart of wine country, just East of STA Rita Hills, known for Pinot Noir.
Ballard Canyon enjoys a diurnal shift of over 40f degrees. The peak heat enables optimal ripening while the cold nights allow for energetic balancing acidity Wine Grape(s) Place Vinification Sight Smell Sip Pairings
Love You Light and Bunches mashable, high- toned Santa Stainless steel 100% Bright red with Fresh cranberry and Pizza, burgers, Barbara whole-grape Sangiovese clarity strawberry bing cherry and sunshine County fermentation with a refreshing pop of acidity Crunchy Roastie Red Cherry touched with 95% Syrah Ballard Stainless steel Pure red fruit smoother, Dark red with Daytime 5% Canyon whole-grape above black dark fruit a pale rim grilling Viognier AVA fermentation olive notes like black currant and violet
La Cuadrilla Plump and Red Blend rich, soft 70% Syrah Concrete herbaceous 15% Ballard fermentation, Deep, enticing notes with ripe Duck, lamb Dark, coating Grenache Canyon neutral 500L breadth of red and black and any red red 15% AVA French Oak red-blue fruit cherry.Full meat Sangiovese Puncheons bodied with supple round finish