SMITH STORY WINE CELLARS

June 4, 2020 

Essential? What does this word mean to us? What does essential mean to our customers?  These discussions between the two of us have taken a back seat this week to the importance of discussing racial equality.  

May 31, 2020 

Keeping this short today, so much going on that is far more serious that wine. We pray for peace, justice and wellness for everyone who is hurting in our country and around the world. It's just…

May 21, 2020 

We're having a melancholy morning, how are you doing? It's hard to compartmentalize all the news coming at us. Ali tuned into a big State of the Wine Industry - Special Edition Report early this morning…

May 13, 2020 

Tomorrow May 14 is our 7th Wedding Anniversary and the start of Smith Story Wine Cellars too! It rained hard that afternoon 7 years ago. We spent the prior week on the sunny beaches of Kona…

Good news, we are only sharing good news with you! Yes we are sleep deprived, mentally toast, need a few hours at the beauty shop, stuffing our faces with fresh baked bread daily, but the show must go on!  

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May 1, 2020  

It's our official 7th Anniversary Month! Hawaiian tunes have been on all day and day dreams of blue water and sandy beaches are playing over and over in our heads. RIght now, I'm sitting here at…

April 24, 2020 

LIVE ALOHA 

The authentic meaning of Aloha in Hawaii is one of compassion, sympathy, pity, mercy, kindness, peace, and love: a guideline for life. Living Aloha is the coordination of mind and heart within each…

March 31, 2020 

Where are we today?  Grab a glass, this is a long one folks, I've been missing conversation (and hugs!) with our guests, so written word has to take the place of chatting in person these days…

Truth: We are beyond exhausted but remain hopeful & energized bc of you. 😊 Thanks for all the fun notes and support, your kindness means so much as we all battle our way through this extraordinary time. We laughed so…

We're not freaking out, however spent most of the day thinking is was Tuesday. GET YOUR SLEEP!  So, let's have some fun, be a bit ridiculous and break out some Smith Story Wines together this Saturday night. We just changed…

Smith Story Spring 2020 Wine Release is LIVE!

Frankly,  Eric and I are full of emotion tonight as we write. Since our first harvest in 2014 we've lived through earthquakes, investor changes, wildfires, floods, three house moves, three custom…

It's February 4, 2020. The SF 49ers lost the Superbowl. We moved full-time to the Anderson Valley that took most of January to accomplish. Hospitality Director Will Kinney is off to his next chapter in his career (we are cheering…

It's past time to ask each of you for your online review of your experience visiting us at the winery in Windsor, tasting room in Philo or just sipping our wine. Here's a list of links to dive into. Your…

THE MYSTERY SIX 

Let's have some fun saying goodbye to 2019! Today until Tuesday, December 31 at 11:59pm purchase THE MYSTERY SIX for $150 + shipping and tax.  

What the what?  We thought it would be fun to…

The results are in! Our extended #6000BottlesofSmithStory campaign hit 8249 bottles sold during our May Celebration and November Promo 🍾 A special thanks to our wholesale partners in Texas (SGWS) and Oklahoma (Thirst Wine) for stepping up too! 

Our…

6000 Bottles of Smith Story Wines ...Update! 

As of 9am today we have 1385 bottles, 115 cases to go. Our biggest day on record was last May when 87 cases were sold in a single 24 hours. 
'Tis the…

Only 1908 bottles to go to reach out #6000bottlesofsmithstory goal! THANK YOU! By reaching this goal you will help our smail family winery tremendously...$6 ground shipping on all orders over 6 bottles.  That's barely enough to get you through the…

Eric and Katy brought in our final 3 tons of grapes last Thursday morning. As the grapes were hand-sorted, water tankers and fire fighting planes were taking off and landing at the STS airport near us at the winery and…

Where Are We?: Part 2 
This morning we picked the Lakota's View Sémillon at 3am, came in almost exactly at the same weight as our last 5 harvests at 1.46 tons of fruit. We’re sitting in somewhat of a hurry…

Where Are We? 

2019 harvest is well under way and we couldn’t be more thrilled. The fruit that has already come in has been absolutely fantastic and the fruit still hanging is well on its way to be the…