SUNDAY VIBES IN WINE COUNTRY 

Traditionally in our home, Sunday is a day of cooking farmer’s market bounty and opening great bottles of wine. Today, I’m in the tasting room and Ali’s home preparing local wild caught Halibut. A dinner to be enjoyed with the 2022 Smith Story “Lakota’s View” Sémillon, oh this is a dream pairing!

Big cheers to an awesome crowd of Storytellers and new friends who joined us on Friday for our first Smith Story Summer Social of 2024. A delicious gathering & toe-tapping time with a musical guest appearance by Spike Sikes taking a seat at our vintage piano. A great way to “wine down” from the week my dear wife said, I agree! 

This time next Sunday we’ll be meeting Native Birds in our tasting room for Father’s Day.

What am I up to when not in the tasting room this summer? I’m in the midst of securing new grape contracts for Harvest 2024, checking vineyards and prepping for a Cabernet Franc bottling next month. The hardship of 2020 and following few years of health challenges have caught up with us. 2024 is a crucial year to grow our inventory levels back to normal. The only way possible to do all this is with your continued support. Our bootstrapped family winery has one tough collection of boots after ten years! 

The 2024 Smith Story Fall Wine Release will raise the bar for our family winery once again. Three incredibly beautiful wines from family vineyards the Russian River Valley, AVA. Details coming soon about that. 

Grateful to have you with us!  - Eric Story