TOMBOY
This is the white wine for the red wine drinker. Focused on texture and explosive aromatics, it is a Rhone white for those have tired of stainless and concrete. It is not sweet, and not for wimps.

LATE BLOOMER
Late Bloomer is the late draft pick that emerges as a scoreboard leader. It is comprised of a selection of lots that Russell babies for 3 years in a back corner of the winery. Aged without stirring or racking and topped every 2 weeks. The gangly kid on the label is a wine club member whose photo was selected by a panel of “experts” out of a hundred or so submissions from around the globe. 

MILK & HONEY
For Russell P. From Paso is a place to push new frontiers in the exploration of full-force flavor. Milk & Honey exposes the best of the promised land. Tempranillo was chosen as the base of this blend due to its similarity to one of Paso’s new keystone varietals, Grenache, while also giving a nod to the region’s stylistic similarities to Ribero del Duero. While Paso is an emerald city for some, it is also home to derelicts and grifters and ne'er–do–wells, for whom the artwork is an homage. 

BOLT CUTTER
2012 was the inaugural vintage of Bolt Cutter. This second vintage was made with a majority share of Bordeaux varietals. The wine is a swerve from the historically Rhone focus of Herman Story. The name is a playful nod to Russell P. From’s most iconic wine: Nuts & Bolts. This is Herman Story for the “I only drink Napa Cab” crowd. 
 

SMASH CITY
What 6 foot tires, 1,200 horsepower and a gallon a second are to a Prius, Smash City is to Pinot Noir. There is no talk of micro-climates, battonage or rootstock when this beast hits the glass. It's just pure, unadulterated pleasure. Smash City will get you smiling faster than a county fair corn dog when you're on a diet. And don't worry, it can't become a habit because there'll never be too much to go around. 

FIRST TIME CALLER
Ultra extracted by California sunshine and a bit of that classic Russell P. From “don’t pick it till you’ve finished your Christmas shopping” magic, this is the most dangerous wine I’ve made yet. For anyone who drinks French roast and likes their bacon extra crispy.

AFTER HOURS
Do you dream of building a Hearst Castle style mansion that overlooks the speedway, so you can lounge in the pool and watch drag races? Are you a fan of full contact flower arranging? Do you hate it when men shower and shave? Well then this is for you. Rosé of Grenache with a straight six that burns nothing but rose petals, cherries and inhibitions. nuf’ said. 

DAYS PROJECT
Extended maceration reaches its apogee with the Days Project. In 2007, From became curious about what would happen if finished wine was left in contact with its whole berries until harvest the following vintage. The numerical name of each wine represents the number of days the wine spent on its skins.

MADE
Russell’s take on classic Sangiovese is a tommy-gun gangster in a dupioni silk suit. A wiseguy riding a Cadillac Fleetwood 60 Special to the club. Traditional and stylish, but with Paso Robles power, and not afraid to flaunt it. Earthy, full-bodied, acid-driven—a culinary capolavoro alongside bolognese with garlic sliced so thin it practically liquefies in the pan. So bust out your best three-piece, we’re headed to the Tropicana Lounge. 

LONG TIME LISTENER
Long Time Listener is a tribute to the Luna Matta vineyard Russell nurtured from the start and returned to over and over for twelve years. A bottle honoring the precipitous, limestone-encrusted hillsides and tractor-taunting inclines that enthralled him at first sight. After a decade-plus of knockout wines, it’s gone radio silent, but not before delivering a few barrels so incredible, Russell needed to show them off—and what better way than an homage to one of his longtime favorite sites.

WITNESS PROTECTION
For as long as I’ve been making massive, blow-the-doors-off wines, I’ve kept a secret: I love white Burgundy. The laser-focused acidity, the streak of minerality, all the gentle fruit nuance. Give me a lineup of Grand Crus and I’ll go to town. So I decided to make my own rendition. Don’t worry, I’m not reinventing myself à la that one pop star. Consider this my incognito tropical-fruit foray. My hush-hush herb-and-spice elegance. My covert mineral complexity. So drink up, just don’t blow my cover.

CHELLE MOUNTAIN
There are places that take hold of you and won’t let go. They possess a certain charm, like an old friend who calls and it’s like nothing ever changed. The first time I stepped foot in Chelle Mountain Vineyard, on top of York Mountain, I knew it was a special place. A place with spirit. Where the stubborn old vines aren’t generous but produce fruit with a bold personality. Where for years, I’ve dug in, gotten my hands dirty, and brought forth some of the best wine I’ve ever tried – Chelle Cabernet Sauvignon. This is its story.

LARNER VINEYARD
Larner Vineyard was winemaker Russell P. From's first fruit contract for Herman Story back in 2001 and over a decade later he is still working with the same block, same rows, same clones. Named by Robert Parker as a potential Grand Cru site, Larner Vineyard consistantly produces Syrah and Grenache of singular character. 

WHITE HAWK
Russell has been producing a single vineyard White Hawk in tiny quantities since the 2005 vintage. Typically produced in a Côte Rôtie style with up to 5% cofermented Viognier. The site is a rolling hillside in the Los Alamos hills almost entirely comprised of beach sand. 90 degree days with 55 degree nights during peak growing season. This wine, year in year out, showcases the fanged, dark monster in the closet side of Syrah. For anyone who cooks bacon naked. 

YORK MOUNTAIN
The York Mountain Syrah is comprised of fruit from three vineyards including Chelle Mountain, Shadow Canyon, and York Mountain Vineyard. The rocky York Mountain AVA region sits at an elevation of 1,600 feet, and is cooler and wetter than Paso Robles, just 8 miles east of the Pacific. To obtain ripeness in this cooler climate grape yields are kept very low to ensure proper sugar development. If you haven't heard of York Mountain yet, you're about to find out.

SHADOW CANYON
Shadow canyon is located in the York Mountain AVA, next door to our estate vineyard, Chelle Mountain. Russell has been working with this site since 2006. e vineyard is rocky, loaded with shale and limestone. Sitting just 8 miles from the ocean, it averages 10-15 degrees cooler than the neighboring AVAs of Paso Robles.

BIEN NACIDO GRENACHE
Planted and run by the Miller family since 1969, Bien Nacido has been the source for the Central Coast’s most mythical wines and is a crown jewel of winemakers. From’s first large winemaking position was as operations manager for the Miller family’s custom crush facility. His tenure with the Millers also marked the founding of Herman Story. This represents From’s triumphant homecoming.

BIEN NACIDO SYRAH
Planted and run by the Miller family since 1969, Bien Nacido has been the source for the Central Coast’s most mythical wines and is a crown jewel of winemakers. From’s first large winemaking position was as operations manager for the Miller family’s custom crush facility. His tenure with the Millers also marked the founding of Herman Story. This represents From’s triumphant homecoming.

JOHN SEBASTIANO
The 2013 represents the second vintage of the John Sebastiano Vineyard. The vineyard straddles the St. Rita Hills AVA, with Pinot and Chardonnay in the AVA and Rhone varietals across a dirt road. Syrah comes from the top of an impossibly steep northwest facing hillside (>30% grade, tractor tipping territory).

ONE HIT WONDER
First produced in 2011 as a blend of Syrah and Grenache from a vineyard that From had under contract for a single year, One Hit Wonder is reserved for those rare wines that soar to the top of the charts in the cellar and will never be repeated.

SLIDE HILL
If it weren’t for late-night poker games in a college house basement, Russell wouldn’t have this superb Syrah and Grenache. Before he and Jim Binns dreamed of making wine, they would play cards and shoot the breeze until the crack of dawn. Now, Jim owns the beautiful Slide Hill Vineyard—39 rolling, limestone-streaked acres across the street from Alban Vineyards. Deep in the Edna Valley, it’s the last to see fog at night and the first to dispel it in the morning, a site that yields deep, complex, structured wines. Jim rarely sells to other producers, so getting some of his fruit is such an honor, it almost makes up for all the chips he won off Russell way back when.

BUCKLE BUNNY
Making good Marsanne is like fixing up grandad’s old ‘72 Chevelle: Awesome, but a whole lot of work. It grows in extremely tight clusters, ripens at the pace of a sloth on downers, and needs time in the cellar to tease out its melon-and-honey nuance. That’s why it’s tough to find here in the States. But let it hang, give it some love, and you’ve got a wine with all the balance and pleasure that you’d see in an aged Rhône Valley rendition. So delicate, it hardly needs new oak, yet with texture and viscosity to spare—this one-off bottling is a thoroughly satisfying white wine.

ON THE FENCE
When Bien Nacido’s Merlot vines met their end, it was the worst thing to happen to Santa Barbara Merlot since Sideways. These vines were old. As in: so old, no one knows exactly how old. They were gnarled, stubborn, and eked out tiny amounts of dark, voluptuous, velvety wine. So before they came out, I got my hands on their last crop. This is a literal relic of the past, a never-again bottle, and a tribute to a very special plot of vines. Every drop is inky, satiny gold—ridiculously plush and luxe, a wine for the indulgent epicure in all of us. Lay it down or drink it now, it’ll impress either way.