Unti Vineyards
Dry Creek Valley has a Mediterranean climate, so George and Mick Unti planted Italian and Rhone varieties into it. Sixty acres, organic, all theirs.1
Why go
Most of this valley is planted to what sells. Unti planted to what the ground is like.1 The climate here is the climate of southern France and central Italy, hot and dry with cool nights, and the family put in the varieties that evolved in it.1 Sixty acres, farmed organically, and the wine comes off that fruit rather than off the bulk market.1 They describe the visit as personal and educational and aimed at adventurous drinkers, which is the winery's own framing and a fair warning that you are not here for a familiar glass.1
Good to know
- Appointment only. Book through the winery's own page.1
- No fee is published, so ask when you book.
- No critic has written about these wines anywhere I can point you at.
Verdict
could-visit — George and Mick Unti looked at Dry Creek Valley, saw a Mediterranean climate, and planted Italian and Rhone varieties instead of the Cabernet the valley sells. Sixty acres, organic, all their own fruit. That is a decision with a reason behind it, and it is the reason to book. The rung stops at could-visit because the winery is the only voice in the record: no grape is named on the page read, no fee is published, and no critic has weighed any of it.