Revival was in our blood long before it ever became a bottle of wine. It’s who we are and what we hope to share. Natives of Napa Valley, we were blessed to learn the craft of farming and winemaking while working alongside our parents at Flora Springs Winery & Vineyards in Rutherford and Buehler Vineyards in St. Helena. Revival honors their spirit as settlers to the Napa Valley in the 1970s.

It also celebrates the value of the handmade and the importance of time spent around the dinner table. It is a wine created in an effort to stop time, if even for a moment, so that the laughter, stories, and songs that emerge when we’re gathered among our loved ones might carry us long into the night, and lift our days with a sense of connection, joy and gratitude.

This Cabernet is crafted the only way we know how: by hand. The grape clusters are harvested in the cool hours of the morning and then hand-sorted. To achieve both the rich fruit character and the long, soft tannins unique to Revival, the berries are fermented using an artisan technique: wholeberry, barrel fermentation. This style of making wine is not for the faint of heart. First, a head from each new-oak barrel is removed by hand.

The barrels are then filled with our pristine fruit, leaving enough room for the fermentation to occur. Our distinct style is created through a series of punch downs and pump-overs—all within each individual barrel—as the fermenting juice reacts magically with the new oak. After fermentation is complete, the wine is removed from barrel and pressed. Each barrel is reconstructed by hand, and the wine is returned to the barrel to age for two years. It’s an artisan technique focused solely on quality.

Everything we do is by our hands: we farm it, we pick it, and we ferment it. Sourced from four rows of Cabernet Sauvignon off of our estate vineyard named Kairos Vineyard in Napa Valley, the 2012 Revival represents our 5th release.

As a winemaker you dream of selecting your favorite section of a vineyard, maybe just a couple of rows, harvesting only the most pristine fruit, and sorting those perfect clusters down to berries. This is Revival.