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Wine

The Wines of the Los Angeles River Wine Society

We began an Odyssey years ago, to make wines in Los Angeles from the forgotten and neglected vineyards of Southern California.

It does not seem possible-- but we have succeeded. We made wine in 2019, from remarkable vineyards, each more exciting than anything we had expected. We made the wine by hand, without even a pump, but with the help of dear friends, day after day.

The wines are now ready. Everything matures much faster down here-- in the arid heat, in a winery bathed in sun. We are in Los Angeles, not Burgundy, and every moment of the wines' lives reflect this.

We made such a small amount of wine that we could offer only 75 packages of 8 bottles. As I write this, we have only 22 left. The two wines in the smallest amounts are Lone Wolf, from the abandoned vineyard; and Riverside Red, the only blend, and perhaps the least interesting of the wines.

The first package is the only one to offer Lone Wolf. All of the other ones must do without it. The MEPPP Pecorino is the wine that we made in the largest quantity (300 bottles!!), so we have used 2 bottles of this wine to round out the selections that would otherwise have contained only 7 or 5 bottles. It is very delicious and anyone would be happy to have 2 bottles.

Please note that the last two selections are ones that I will deliver by hand in Southern California-- contactless delivery, of course. It is still wonderful to meet your customers, see their faces.

The Los Angeles Wines: our full inaugural release
8 bottles, 7 wines, all by done hand

$400.00 each

6 bottles from the inaugural release
No Lone Wolf, but everything else!

$260.00 each

6 wines from the inaugural release-- deliverd by hand to Southern California!
6 bottles, everything but Lone Wolf

$260.00 each

6 wines from the inaugural release-- deliverd by hand to Southern California!
No Lone Wolf or Riverside Red, but 2 Pecorinos

$260.00 each

olive oils

For years, we have made a few gallons of superb and super-fresh olive oil from olives planted and dry-farmed by the Tenbrinks around their winery in Suisun Valley. There is something really special about the very dry growing conditions, the careful farming, and the 20 varieties of olives planted by the Tenbrinks.

We have decided to focus on freshness in our oil-- on something analogous to the acidity and florality in Riesling. So we harvest early and press the olives right away. The result is an oil deeply and brightly green in color. There is no bitterness or unripeness. It is truly not like any other oil.

2019 olio nuovo
freshly pressed, unsettled extra virgin oil in 375 ml bottles

$37.50 each

tastings!

As often as possible, we host you. We pour wines. Rarely ours alone. How can we welcome you without the presence of our friends?

Some tastings are dinners. Some tastings are actually dance parties. Read carefully.

The Scythians Solstice
Sunday December 22, 3:00 PM-- at the winery.

$200.00 each

Post-harvest visit to the new space
a tutored tasting-- Sunday 12/15 at 1:30 PM

$25.00 each

Sold Out

Post-harvest visit to the new space
A tour for Tina Oh-- Sunday 12/15 at 3:00 PM

$25.00 each

Post-harvest visit to the new space
a tutored tasting-- Monday 12/16 at 7:00 PM

$25.00 each

the winery

The Los Angeles River Wine Society

$1000.00 each

fragments of the LIbrary of Babel

We have a small number of bottles scattered over a large number of wines sitting idle and unheralded at our shipper's warehouse. 41 different wines; 2 or 3 bottles of most, a couple cases of a few. They are stranded, left over from a hundred other offerings. You may rescue them here. To reward you for your magnanimity, we have slashed the prices radically on some, modestly on others, but they are all reduced. Please help us find them homes!