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High Elevation Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir & Syrah

From Our Vineyard In The Sky

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Muns Vineyard brushes the sky on the Loma Prieta ridge top above Monterey Bay at 2600 feet. This is the highest Pinot Noir vineyard in the Santa Cruz Mountains, a prime growing region for this luscious winegrape.

We enjoy the coastal climate of the mountains, with fog lapping at our feet in the summer. The cool coastal breeze that blows off the fog and sunlight are perfect for growing premium Pinot Noir. Moderate days and cool nights, along with diligent personal attention in our 13-acre owner-operated vineyard, produces fruit with rich and complex flavors. We have blended Dijon clones 114, 115, 667 and 777 to provide a complex and well-balanced wine.

Minimal intervention in the winery allows our unique terroir to shine. Barrel aging in 30% new oak for about 16 months adds soft tannins that accentuate, but not dominate, the beautiful fruit in this special wine. The wine drinks well now and is a delicious complement with food, and will bottle-age for years to come. Enjoy ‘heaven-in-a-bottle’ from our ridge top vineyard above the bay!

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“The Pinot Noir That Comes From This Vineyard is Amazing.”

– The International Wine Review, November, 2024

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To Order Our Estate Wines See the Order Page here.

See more below about:

Vineyard Tasting Dates and More Wine Events

Vineside Pickup & Free Local Delivery

HARVEST!
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Harvest 2023 starts at 5am.
A sliver moon over the vineyard just before dawn.
Picking in the fog at dawn.
Fog clouds loom over the adjacent ridge.
Dramatic!
It takes about 45 buckets to fill a half-ton bin.
Ed moving bins.
Ed moving bins heading in reverse on the Same crawler.
Early morning and we can see the Monterey peninsula in the background on the other side of the Bay.
The crew picks beautiful Pinot clusters.
Bin full of Pinot.
More Pinot!
Glowing golden leaves and Pinot.
Harvest dawn on the big hill, Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay in the distance.
Skye pup finds lots of sweet treats everywhere!
This Syrah will soon be in the bin.

The Pinot harvest has started at Muns Vineyard! We brought in a couple of small picks the week of September 8, and most of the rest of the Pinot mid-month. Look at this beautiful fruit in the bin! Gorgeous clusters, and flavor to swoon over. It’s been an ideal growing season!

We will pick the Syrah early in October.

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Upcoming Events:

Vineyard Tastings, 2025

Enjoy a colorful Autumn day in the vineyard as the vines turn golden. Experience the post-harvest vineyard and our expansive views over the mountains to Monterey Bay. Take the opportunity to bring some of our estate Pinot Noirs and Syrah home to enjoy!

~ Sunday, October 5

~ Sunday, October 19

Please make a reservation with your choice of seating times: 11:30, 12:00, 12:30 or 1:00 for a 2-hour time slot.

Email Mary at Mary@munsvineyard.com or call 408-234-2079. For details see the Vineyard Tastings page here

Please note: We take reservations only for the dates that we schedule. Tastings are outdoors and are dependent on conducive weather. Tastings may need to be rescheduled in the event of rain, heavy fog, cold temperatures, heat wave or other circumstances that inhibit wine tasting outdoors. We want you to enjoy your visit!

.More Events Where You Can Find Us in 2025:

~ Sept. 20: The GALA: A fundraiser for Los Gatos Music & Arts at the Addison-Penzak Jewish Community Center in Los Gatos. Featuring the Brubeck Brothers Quartet. More info here.

~ Sept. 27: Date Night in Los Gatos. Local wines & food from local restaurants at Campo di Bocce. Live music by Sound Decision Band. A benefit for the Los Gatos Lions Club’s initiatives in our local schools. More info & tickets here. .

~ Oct. 4: Taste of The Mountains Pinot Salon at David Bruce Winery. A walk around tasting salon featuring Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noirs on the patio overlooking the vineyard at this legendary winery. Contemporary Italian cuisine by Chef Nick Sherman of Trestles and Cavalletta. 5pm. For more info and tickets, $85, see winesofthesantacruzmountains.com here.

Oct. 11: Grazing on the Green, Aptos. An afternoon of great food from local restaurants and local wines – including Muns Vineyard – in beautiful Aptos Village Park. One of our favorite wine tasting events, a benefit for the Santa Cruz Cancer Benefit Group. Early Bird tickets until Sept. 5. For details and tickets see the SCCBG website here.

~ Passport Days 2025: Oct. 25

Purchase your Passport if you don’t already have one from Wines of the Santa Cruz Mountains here and add Muns Vineyard to your itinerary. We will be open for Passport Days (weather permitting). Please note: we honor Passports only on Passport Days.

See our Events page for more events and information.

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Enjoy Muns Vineyard Wines at Home

Vineside Pickup: Pick up Your Advance Order at the Vineyard Saturdays, by Appointment or Free Local Delivery. We also ship.

If you are not able to come to one of our scheduled vineyard tastings you can pick up an order vineside, and we also offer free local delivery.

For Vineside Pickup at the vineyard: Saturdays between 11-3pm: Pick up is for advance orders only so we can fill your order before your arrival.

Free local delivery: We will deliver to your home at no charge with a min. $125 order throughout Santa Cruz to Watsonville, the Santa Cruz Mountains, and San Jose to Palo Alto. If you live just beyond this area please inquire about delivery.

We also ship.

To Order: See our Order page here. Or call Mary at 408-234-2079.

15% off on 6-11 bottles

25% off on a case

30% off on 3 cases

And you can mix your selection and order whatever you would like.

Wine Club discounts: 20% on 3 bottles, 25% on 6 bottles, 30% on a case

Pricing before discounts: Pinot Noirs $44/bottle; Syrah $34/bottle, 2010 Sparkling Rose’ of Pinot Noir $54/bottle.

For a list of our wines, see the Wines page here. To order, see our Order page here. For even better discounts, see our Wine Club page here. Or call Mary at 408-234-2079.

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Harvest, 2024.

We started harvest with an early pick at low brix for a Muns Vineyard sparkling wine the week of Aug. 26.. We started picking for our winery clients on September 6 and finished on the 17th. This was earlier than we even started last year, on Oct. 2. Last year, 2023 was a cool growing season and harvest was about a month later than usual. This year’s schedule was more usual.

Although temps were largely moderate, in the low-mid 80s with chilly nights, the fruit ripened quickly. Clusters were plentiful and healthy – gorgeous!, and yield was excellent. Look forward to the 2024 Muns Vineyard Pinot!

Also look forward to the 2024 Sparkling Rosé of Pinot Noir in 2026 with the first disgorgement. We are down to the last few cases of our 2010 Sparkling Rosé of Pinot Noir, which is now on limited allocation to get us through the next year, hopefully. But never fear, the delicious 2024 sparkling will be not far behind!

Earlier in the year:

Veraison started early August (when the sugar levels have increased to the point that the grapes start turning color). Bloom started first of June in the Pinot Noir and by mid-June was about all ‘set’ (meaning the flowers had fertilized and were forming little berries). Clusters were fully formed by mid-July. Ed and the crew netted the week of Aug. 12 to save the clusters from bird predation (we leave an exit door at the ends of the rows so they can fly out if they get inside the netting).

See Previous Harvests Here.

See more on our Vineyard page here.

See our YouTube Channel here for what’s happening in the vineyard – it’s like you are there! Get up close and personal with the crawler and flail mower here .

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See Muns Vineyard videos on YouTube here: Harvest, Netting, Pruning, Aerial drone view, Mowing, more .

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Contact us: info@munsvineyard.com / phone: 408-234-2079

Order on our Order Page here.

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