Nothing like waking up at 4am with a million things on our minds then reaching for the smartphone (we know, terrible thing to do) and see this message.  Full disclosure - only Ali does sleep-zapping shenanigans like this in the…Read more

Oh we have so much love for dogs. Today (#nationaldogday) is great fun on social media to chat about Lord Sandwich and explain the meaning of the letters H & L on our label and logo. However, the day also…Read more

Words can not describe how exciting this time of year is for us! Our first pick was on August 20 - a few days ago we brought in a little less than a ton of Pinot Noir from Thorn Ridge…

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The Chapters can now be found on our website here: 
http://www.smithstorywinecellars.com/the-chapters
And we promise to keep things update more often now! 
Cheers, Ali & Eric. 

So one of the things we've learned over the past few decades is to keep things simple...between updating our website, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and the countless wine rating and review sites, we decided to bring The Chapters blog here, so…Read more

Our 2014 Smith Story Wine Cellars Sauvignon Blanc ...well it's what people are saying about our Sonoma County Sauvignon Blanc, our first born! So it's been 3 months now since we released our 2014 Sauvignon Blanc for $25 bucks a…Read more

We did it! We made wine! We have wine in bottle! People are buying our wine! Everyone is loving our Wine!

May 14, 2015 marks our first year anniversary for Smith Story Wine Cellars, and our 2nd year Wedding…Read more

In the words of Gary Vaynerchuk - HUSTLE is the most important word EVER.  Ali's been a fan of Gary's for over a decade now, watching his own empire grow, spending a quick minute with him at his book signing…Read more

What what??? Only 2 more days left of January 2015? So much has been and is going on for Smith Story Wine Cellars this first month of the New Year!  A little insight to running your own winery for the…Read more

Tonight we give toast to 2014 and ring in the New Year. But, we still have plenty planned for what 2014 brought us. Our 2014 bottling schedule is set, 2014 vintage release dates are set, sales forecasts and marketing plans…Read more

We did it. We started a winery. We made wine. We made really good wine. We think, we hope, no -  we believe! We're emotional as hell! We want to tell everyone!

And we are so very thankful to our…Read more

Whew, it's been an intense few weeks! We've conquered new business planning and have powered through big-time meetings and financial spreadsheets with all our might - oh and along with huge OND (October November December) K&L and TexaCali Wine priorities…Read more