Mukaida ~ Peters Vineyard
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Wines start in the vineyard. Being passionate about our wines, we meticulously locate the best Pinot Noir and Zinfandel vineyards available. We know only superb vineyard sources allow us to produce the kind of wines we wants to drink and share with the world. Years of experience have led to the careful selection of these vineyards.
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Peters Vineyard, Russian River Valley, Sonoma County |
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Tom Mukaida, owner of Peters Vineyard, is one of Papapietro Perry’s long-standing growers and a third-generation farmer. Tom began his farming career with apples. In the early 80’s, his son-in-law Randy Peters convinced him that there was a future in grapes and encouraged him to convert his orchards into vineyards. An unassuming Japanese-American who was interned during World War II, Tom chose not to have his name on the vineyard. Rather it was named Peters Vineyard for his son-in-law Randy who leases the vineyard from him. Randy’s vineyard expertise, coupled with Tom’s finely honed farming skills and this ideal vineyard location results in exceptional grapes. Even now in his eighties, Tom works in the vineyard tenderly caring for his land.
Our Mukaida Pinot Noir represents ‘the best of the best’ from the Peters Vineyard and was so named to honor Tom Mukaida. This humble, unassuming farmer, who through his remarkable cultivation skills on land he loves, produces some of the best Pinot Noir grown anywhere. Thank you Tom. |
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