Founding owner · 2026 vintage
Howell Mountain Estate
Howell Mountain, USA · from $480
Own a few vines
from $480
Buy a share of a lot by the vine — 5-vine minimum. Your bottles are allocated pro-rata at release.
Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon
95% Cabernet Sauvignon · 5% Petit Verdot
$200/vine · 1.1 btl/vine
Volcanic Zinfandel
Zinfandel
$96/vine · 1.5 btl/vine
Mountain Cabernet Franc
Cabernet Franc
$130/vine · 1.3 btl/vine
Or take the whole block
Your name on the block across multiple vintages — every call is yours. Reserve it with a fully refundable $500 deposit.
- Guest checkout — account made after you pay
- We farm it; you make every winemaking call
- Ships worldwide, or free pickup at the estate
- Secure checkout — payments powered by Stripe
The wines
3 lots enrolling at Howell Mountain.
Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon
95% Cabernet Sauvignon · 5% Petit Verdot
A Howell Mountain Cabernet from red volcanic soil is powerful and tannic, with blackberry and cassis over dark chocolate and a crushed-rock minerality.
- Pairs with
- dry-aged steak, rack of lamb, venison
- Serve
- Serve 17-18°C; decant two hours for the powerful tannins.
- Cellar
- Big and structured young; rewards 10-20 years.
1.1 btl / vine
$200/vine
Volcanic Zinfandel
Zinfandel
A volcanic mountain Zinfandel is concentrated and structured, with blackberry and black raspberry over pepper and a stony, mineral edge.
- Pairs with
- barbecue ribs, spiced sausage, smoked brisket
- Serve
- Serve 16-17°C; a short decant suits the bold volcanic fruit.
- Cellar
- Best in its first 5-8 years while concentrated and vibrant.
1.5 btl / vine
$96/vine
Mountain Cabernet Franc
Cabernet Franc
A mountain Cabernet Franc here is dense and savory, with black cherry and raspberry over a gravelly, tobacco-edged depth and firm tannins.
- Pairs with
- roast lamb, grilled steak, mushroom dishes
- Serve
- Serve 16-17°C; decant an hour to lift the savory fruit.
- Cellar
- Approachable young; holds 6-12 years.
1.3 btl / vine
$130/vine
What you receive
A year of the vintage, in your hands.
Samples all season
Verijuice, post-ferment, barrel, and finished wine — shipped as the vintage takes shape.
A vote at every fork
Pick date, fermentation, barrels, and where the blend lands. The real calls, with your input.
Watch it live
Livestream access to harvest at dawn, the cellar, and bottling day, from anywhere.
Your bottles at release
Allocated pro-rata to your vines, with the crew's name on the back label next to yours.
The place
Why the wine tastes like here.
- Region
- Howell Mountain, USA
- Soil
- Red volcanic 'aiken' loam and white volcanic ash (tufa) over fractured rock
- Climate
- Above the fog on the eastern rim — bright mountain sun by day, cold clear nights
- Elevation
- 430–700 m
- Wines enrolling
- 3 crew lots
Vine to bottle
You’re there for the whole year.
Jan
Dormant pruning
Feb
Cane tying
Mar
Bud break
Apr
Shoots grow
May
Flowering
Jun
Fruit set
Jul
Canopy
Aug
Véraison
Sep
Harvest
Oct
Cap punch
Nov
Barrel down
Dec
Barrel samples
Follow the season
The Howell Mountain growing year, by the numbers.
Weather is live and real, updated hourly. The season curve is typical for this region’s latitude and climate, replaced by your crew’s readings once farming begins.
24% humidity · wind 13 km/h
787 growing degree days · last 90 days
Last 14 days · high / low °C
7-day forecast
Sun
36°
23°
Clear
Mon
37°
24°
Clear
Tue
39°
16°
Clear
Wed
38°
14°
Clear
Thu
38°
13°
Clear
Fri
39°
14°
Clear
Sat
40°
15°
Clear
Hemisphere
Northern
Right now
Véraison
Harvest
October · ~73d
Target ripeness
~20°Brix
Véraison ~60% across the home block — color coming on fast
5h ago
Brix sampled at 15° — tracking on pace for harvest
Yesterday
Crew vote opens Friday: pick-date window
2 days ago
Light leaf-pull on the morning side for even ripening
4 days ago
Deficit irrigation dialed back to concentrate flavor
5 days ago
Sample activity. Your crew’s live feed from Howell Mountain appears here once the vintage begins.
BarrelLogicSeason progress
Typical · Apr–Oct
Typical ripeness
Typical · véraison to harvest
Beyond the bottle
Your vintage, end to end.
One vine, three rooms — own it here, steer it in BarrelLogic, and taste the wider world at BarrelTaster. It’s all one ecosystem.
SplitVineyards
Your vines at Howell Mountain and the wine they make — a few by the vine, or the whole block.
You're hereBarrelLogic
Track your vintage bud break to barrel — ripeness, the cellar, samples, and every winemaking vote — in the winery's operating system.
Visit BarrelLogicBarrelTaster
Not ready to own a whole vintage? Taste finished wines from across the world first.
Explore at BarrelTasterWhat you’ll actually decide.
We farm it; the calls are yours. Over the vintage your crew votes the real forks — tracked and tallied in BarrelLogic.
Pick date
Call harvest by the ripeness numbers and the forecast.
Fermentation
Whole-cluster or destemmed, native or inoculated yeast.
Barrels & oak
New vs. neutral wood, cooperage, and time in barrel.
The blend
Where the final wine lands — lot by lot, with the crew.
Buy with confidence
Owning a vintage, without the worry.
You’re among the first owners of this estate’s crews. Questions about delivery, duties, or how a season is handled where you live?
Talk to us firstRefundable block deposit
Reserve a whole block with a fully refundable deposit — no commitment until you decide.
Secure checkout
Payments are handled by Stripe. We never see or store your card details.
Real provenance
Your bottles are tied to your vines, with your name on the back label at release.
Ships worldwide or free pickup
We ship to you, or you collect at the estate for free — your call.
Questions
Everything you might be wondering.
No — check out as a guest. We create your account after you pay so you can follow your vines and manage shipments.
Make the Howell Mountain vintage yours.
Buy a few vines or lease the whole block — no account needed until checkout. We farm it; you make every call and the wine is yours.
Choose your vines — from $480