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PHILLIPS HILL ESTATES THE STORIES
A Logic of Old Cars: (pdf)
"Ah, the story of our discovery of Phillips Hill Pinot Noir (2004)... It was a recommendation actually, from a young lady at a lovely restaurant on the road just before Mendocino...I'll think of the name in a second. Maybe it was the setting, maybe it was the food, maybe the sensory input was just right, but we absolutely fell in love with that bottle of wine. We savored it, loved every drop of it, and kept the bottle for remembrance. Then, back at our B&B, we tried to find the vineyard. Called the number on the bottle, went to the website, but it seemed like this vineyard didn't exist. So, being the daring vacationers that we are, we set off to find it. No one at any winery along the way has heard of Oppenlander, and it was pretty much by accident that we even saw the sign on the road that marked the place. We ignored the warning signs leading up to the vineyard, but we kind of got a little spooked by the collection of rusting machinery that was strewn about the land. We didn't see anyone around, so we nodded to the vines and booked out of there."
"On my last trip to New York about a year and a half ago I visited Bar Americain in Manhatten and stumbled upon your Pinot Noir. I'm not a huge wine connoisseur but found it to be one of the most pleasureable wines I have ever experienced. When I inquired about the wine with Bobby Flay I was told to ask for Toby Hill and hopefully he might be able to help me purchase some." |