Wine from one hillside, poured by the people who made it.

Calder Valley Dry-farmed since 1979 Tasting room Thu–Sun, 11 to 5
Arbor

Fourteen dry-farmed acres above Calder Valley. Ray Marek planted the first block in 1979; his daughter Alma has made the wine since 2014. We grow it, we make it, we pour it, and there is no second location.

Tastings

The Hillside Flight

$25
  • Estate Chenin Blancbright and dry, lemon and wet stone
  • Grenache Roséstrawberry, but dry about it
  • Cellar Door Redthe Tuesday wine
  • Hillside Syrahblack pepper and dark plums
  • Block Four Zinfandelthe 1979 vines, brambly not jammy

Five pours, and the glass goes home with you. Plan on forty-five unhurried minutes. Nobody hovers, nobody quizzes you, and liking the cheap one is a fine answer.

Red wine mid-pour into a glass, backlit garnet
  • Walk-ins welcome, Thursday through Sunday. The last flight seats at 4.
  • Parties of six or more: write to hello@arbor.example a few days ahead and we'll set the long table.
  • Kids and dogs are fine on the patio. There's grape juice from our own rows, and Fig the vineyard dog will supervise.
In the cellar now

Current releases, six bottles.

This card follows the cellar. When a wine runs out it comes off, and when we bottle, the new ones go on. Ask what's open; the answer is usually all of it.

A single Arbor bottle on a stone wall, vines behind
47Vintages
14Dry-farmed acres
0Irrigation lines
Ray and Alma Marek walking a vine row at golden hour with Fig the dog
The vineyard

Planted by Ray. Made by Alma.

Ray Marek put the first Zinfandel vines into this slope in 1979, on a hunch and a tractor that still runs. Alma grew up in the rows, left for ten harvests in other people's cellars, and came home in 2014 to take over the winemaking. Ray still prunes. Fig, technically the third generation, patrols.

Everything we pour is grown within sight of the tasting room door.

We dry-farm the whole hillside: no irrigation, just old roots that dig deep for what they need. The yields are smaller. We think the wine is worth it.
The patio

Buy a bottle, bring your sandwiches.

The patio sits under a pergola Ray built the summer Alma was born, looking straight down the rows to the valley. Picnics are welcome and encouraged: buy a bottle, unpack whatever you brought, and stay as long as the light does.

One small ask, said with love: we're not a stop for limos or buses. The patio is small, the road is narrow, and we'd rather you hear the birds than an engine idling.

The tasting patio under the pergola in dappled light
The wine club

Two boxes a year, no fine print.

Twice a year, spring and fall, we pack what we just bottled. Members take it at member prices and get first pour of everything small.

The Half Case

Six bottles · twice a year
  • Around $120 a box, depending on what we made
  • 15 percent off everything else, all year
  • Two seats at each pickup party

The Full Case

Twelve bottles · twice a year
  • Around $220 a box, and you pick the mix if you like
  • 20 percent off everything else, all year
  • Four seats at pickup parties, and first call on small lots. The Muscat goes fast.

Pickup parties in May and October: we open library bottles, grill too much, and hand you your box in person. Can't make it? We ship.

Cancel anytime. One email, no phone call, no guilt trip.

Join the club
Oak barrels in the dim cellar under one warm bulb
Private evenings

Harvest dinners in the barrel room.

Four Fridays each October we set one long table between the barrels. Twenty seats, five courses cooked by our neighbor Dot, and wines that never leave the property. Write to us and we'll hold you a chair when the dates are set.

Ask about a seat

Find us up the hill.

Address

2210 Windrow Lane
Calder Valley
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The last half mile is gravel. Go slow and wave at the neighbors.

Hours
  • Thu – Sun11 – 5
  • Last flight4:00
  • Mon – WedIn the vines
Say hello

Call (555) 555-0147
or write to hello@arbor.example

Tastings are 21 and over with ID. Younger visitors get grape juice from the same hillside, no charge.

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