Twomey Cellars
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| Location |
Calistoga, California Healdsburg, California, USA |
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| Founded | 1999 |
| Key people |
Ray Duncan David Duncan, President and CEO, Tim Duncan, Executive Vice President Daniel Baron, Director of Winemaking Erin Miller, Pinot noir and Sauvignon blanc Winemaker |
| Varietals | Pinot noir, Merlot, Sauvignon blanc |
| Website | https://www.twomey.com/ |
Twomey Cellars (pronounced too-me) is a California winery. It was established in 1999 by the Duncan Family, who have operated the successful Silver Oak Cellars in California since 1972. The Duncan Family started Twomey Cellars to pursue varietals other than Cabernet Sauvignon. Twomey has two wineries; one in Calistoga in the Napa Valley, and one in Healdsburg in the Russian River Valley, and produces Pinot noir, Merlot and Sauvignon blanc. Twomey’s Sauvignon Blanc is a blend of Sauvignon Blanc grapes from their estate vineyards at their wineries in Napa Valley and Russian River Valley.
Twomey is named after Ray Duncan’s mother, Velma Marie Twomey Duncan.Daniel Baron is Director of Winemaking for both Twomey and Silver Oak. In 2007, Twomey hired Ben Cane, a Pinot noir specialist who became Twomey’s Pinot noir and Sauvignon blanc Winemaker in 2008. Twomey's 2009 Russian River Valley Pinot noir was awarded first place in the American Wine Society's National Tasting Project in 2012. In 2012, world-renowned winemaker Jean-Claude Berrouet joined Twomey as a consultant, and Erin Miller succeeded Cane as winemaker in July 2014.
Twomey began with the Soda Canyon Ranch Vineyard located in southeastern Napa Valley. Ray Duncan and the Duncan family purchased Soda Canyon Ranch Vineyard in 1999 for Silver Oak’s Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, but Daniel Baron, Director of Winemaking for Silver Oak, discovered it was planted with high class French Merlot clones, and persuaded the Duncans to venture into producing it and establish a new company.
Twomey’s Merlot is a single vineyard wine made with grapes grown at Soda Canyon Ranch Vineyard. In 2000 Twomey acquired the West Pin Vineyard in the Russian River Valley to begin making Russian River Valley Pinot noir in addition to the single vineyard Napa Valley Merlot. As production of Twomey wines continued to increase, the Duncan family believed that Twomey needed a winery of its own. In 2003, the Duncans purchased Stonegate Winery in Calistoga to become the home of Twomey. Twomey’s Calistoga winery, which is surrounded by a Sauvignon blanc vineyard, is situated in a palatial farmhouse-like building, featuring an open tasting room with sleek slate floors and a black, polished bar.
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