5. THE RUGGED TERRAIN OF THE SONOMA COAST APPELLATION THIS UMBRELLA AVA WAS CREATED LARGELY TO ACCOMMODATE COLD-CLIMATE, ‘ESTATE-BOTTLED’ PRODUCERS, WHO OWN VINEYARDS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE COOLER ZONES ALONG THE SONOMA COAST .
6. MOST SONOMA COAST VINEYARD PLANTINGS LIE WITHIN SIX MILES FROM THE OCEAN
7. FOG FROM THE PETALUMA GAP AT UMINO VINEYARDS ARIAL VIEW OF UMINO VINEYARDS
8. DAVID UMINO’S VINEYARD AND JOHN BALLETTO’S HOME RANCH VINEYARD ARE LOCATED IN THE SEBASTOPOL HILLS AREA.
12. FLOCCHINI FAMILY ESTATE VINEYARD THIS VINEYARD IN PETALUMA, IS IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SONOMA COAST APPELLATION - THREE MILES NORTH OF THE SAN PABLO BAY AND THREE MILES FROM THE CARNEROS REGION.
13. PIEDRA HILL VINEYARD HIGH ATOP HOWELL MOUNTAIN - ABOVE THE FOG LINE. COMPOSED OF FIVE CLONES OF CABERNET AND MALBEC, PETIT VERDOT, MERLOT AND CABERNET FRANC - ALL THE BORDEAUX VARIETIES
14. MAP OF W.H. SMITH VINEYARD SOURCES PINOT NOIR FROM THE SONOMA COAST CABERNET SAUVIGNON FROM HOWELL MOUNTAIN, NAPA Hellenthal Piedra Hill Vineyard Flocchini Marimar Estate Umino Twin Hill Ranch Balletto Morris Ranch
15. SHOWING OFF THE BEAUTIFUL CABERNET SAUVIGNON CLUSTERS – GETTING READY FOR HARVEST.
20. COOLING DOWN THE CRUSHED GRAPES WITH DRY ICE TO STOP RAPID FERMENTATIONS
21. BILL SMITH BILL HAS BEEN MAKING WINE FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS AND DOES IT MORE BY ‘FEEL’ THAN RECIPE.
22. WHILE BILL IS BUSY WITH HARVEST JOAN IS HELPING THOSE IN NEED AROUND THE WORLD WITH THE WHEELCHAIR PROJECT.
23. BILL AND JOAN SMITH LOVE WHAT THEY DO AND HOPE YOU ENJOY THEIR WINES
24. The Top 100 for 2007 Only 20 California wines made the top 100 list - Only 3 wines were Pinot Noir W. H. Smith Wines Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir Ranked #51 out of 100 W. H. Smith Wines Pinot Noir has been ranked in the top 100 2 times in the last 3 years.
