The 2026 Tenbrink Olio Nuovo

I am so happy and excited to announce that Linda Tenbrink told me that there will be an "abundance" of olives this year. Last year was super tough-- we got no olive oil at all from the Tenbrinks. But the trees tend to bounce back strongly, just as they will retreat next year after a bountiful harvest this year.

And just like the grapevines across the street from them, the olive trees are ripening very early this year, and with perfect quality. We expect some of the most intense and fresh flavors in years. 

The harvest will begin on September 28, milling will begin September 29, and we will begin packing and shipping on October 7. For this first time ever, all of the oil will be shipped long before Thanksgiving.

Linda has promised me 30 gallons from the first pick. I am going to pre-sell all of this and will keep you posted about any possible second and third picks. All of the pre-sold olive oil will be at a slight discount; after the presell, the price will go up slightly.

The Mt. Veeder Fantasia

I am so happy to announce this very important step in the Rebirth of Scholium.

Several years ago, my dear friend and colleague, Julia van der Vink, started a campaign of serving blind to us Napa Cabernets from vineyards on Mt. Veeder. Gradually, I came to share her fascination with this really distinct section of Napa.

About 6 years ago, she put together a deal to purchase and plant 20 acres on the top of Mt. Veeder. It is not strong enough to call what she and her partner, Rob Black, are doing up there, breath-taking. You can join their mailing list here.

Their intimate introduction of the mountain to me opened my eyes. I did not want a vineyard of my own, but I wanted fruit-- I wanted to make wine. I was not sure how this fit with my work in the South, but I forged ahead. These wines are the result of that forging-- and they represent one of the foundations of the Rebirth of Scholium: a devotion both new and old to the classical excellence that is possible in Napa.

You may read my missives, laying out my relation to the magic of Mt. Veeder, here-- beginning with the first movement in a four-part fantasia.

We are a Friulano Winery

It's a long story… Let's say that it happened by accident, but, according the Nietzsche's Eternal Return of Same, it was also inevitable.

We made mostly white wine in 2025, all from classical vineyards, except for Lone Wolf. As I prepared for bottling this Spring, our 2025 wines looked like the output of a very classical winery in Friuli, in Northern Italy. Here they are.

Large Format Bottles

We have just begun bottling Magnums again after a hiatus of several years. Here are 6 custom-bottled wines from our current release. You buy the wine; we will bottle it for you.

12 Seats

12 Seats: our dedication to hospitality and discssusion at once. A series of sessions led by guests from winemaking, grape growing, geology, music… We have hosted Chiara Pepe, Pascaline Lepeltier, Nate Ready, Raj Parr, Deirdre Heekin, Dan Petroski, and Walter Sterling-- a college President who joined me in a discussion about Machiavelli. We have 10 sessions the works for the Spring and Summer of 2026, beginning with fireworks at the end of March.

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12 Seats on Tour

swag

We have commissioned a small run of Carrhart hoodies and snapback hats to celebrate our wines and work.

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