"Jesse Hall can't remember a time he wasn't inseparable from the sea. Born and raised in Sonoma County, Hall spent his youth surfing the Marin coast and sailing San Francisco Bay. By his early 20s, he was shaping surfboards in San Diego, where he rode the mellow waves of Pacific Beach. "Winemaking is similar to surfing in that you're living moment by moment," said Hall, founder of Seawolf Wines in Mendocino County's Yorkville Highlands."
"These days, Hall spends most of his time devoted to Seawolf, the small-production winery he founded with his wife (and Mauritson winemaker) Emma Kudritzki Hall in 2014. Despite its small size, Seawolf produces some of the most energetic wines in Mendocino County, where Hall dry-farms a 14-acre organic vineyard at 2,000 feet. The vineyard is part of the 165-acre Yorkville Highlands property his father purchased in 1992. Seawolf's rustic tasting room is on site, making it a worthy stop for wine tasting"
Jesse Hall grew up surfing and sailing along the Marin coast and San Francisco Bay and later shaped surfboards in San Diego. He founded Seawolf Wines with his wife, Emma Kudritzki Hall, in 2014 and operates a small-production winery in Yorkville Highlands. He dry-farms a 14-acre organic vineyard at 2,000 feet on a 165-acre property purchased by his father in 1992. The high-elevation site has warm days, cool nights and morning ocean breezes that produce small berries, low yields and high acidity. Seawolf produces fewer than 400 cases annually of native-fermented Zinfandel, Grenache, Pinot Noir, Merlot, Cabernet and a Musqué-clone Sauvignon Blanc.
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