“pol·e·mo·ni·um”
Freedom · Authenticity · Elevation
In 2023 two winemakers with a love of the outdoors wondered what would happen at the junction of adventure, creativity, and a blending of skills
“Winemaking is our craft and we have a shared philosophy that the best winemaking is done as an artistic expression of the grapes, with a goal to maximize their greatest potential”
Stuff
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Cassiar Mountain Range BC
Ryan Rech Co Proprietor -
Like calling a pick in the vineyard, scaling a ridge in the Cassiar’s of the Canadian Rockies chasing Mountain Goats with a bow requires a yearlong preparation for that one shot at getting it right
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Matterhorn Peak
Taylor Harris Co Proprietor -
Focus and concentration combined with hands-on work provide satisfaction in the service of winemaking and at play on the windy summits of the Eastern Sierras
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Palisade Range
Taylor Harris Co Proprietor -
Enduring a summer storm on the glacial route of a ‘14er’ where every step requires careful attention and caries the risk of consequence
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Canadian Rocky Mountains
Ryan Rech Co Proprietor -
Cresting a ridge in the Cassiar’s during a two-week hunt requires significant mental fortitude to stay in the game no matter the conditions
Polemonium Wines developed as an independent producer where the wines and the vibe draw from our love of exploring compelling regions and then sharing those findings with others
Artistry and imagination can have many different interpretations. here, distinct insights from each of our unique sets of experience are blended in the making of each wine to create a wholly original outcome.
The Vineyards We Choose
In our personal lives we choose to spend as much time out of doors as we can. After hiking the same trails and looking at the same mountains season after season one begins to understand why there is always a deer on a certain hillside or why the rafter of turkeys choose their same particular field to feed in versus the one that to our earlier observations, ‘looked better’. This grounding in our ecosystems extends to how we choose the vineyards where we source our wines. After selecting grapes vintage after vintage one begins to understand why it’s important to have evening sunlight versus that same exposure in the morning. Or why a certain site may bud out first but is still always last to come in during harvest.
We work with great growers, often those whom we’ve known for years and, who understand this and use the ecosystem around them to grow remarkable wine grapes. The right variety in the right terroir is a powerful expression of the land and one that we are deeply honored by and respectful of as we shepherd that expression of place from grape to bottle
