A certificate for one bottle of Russian River Valley Pinot Noir and a complimentary tasting for four at Balletto Vineyards in Santa Rosa, California.

After seeing the high-quality Russian River Valley wines crafted from their fruit by other wine producers, John and Terri decided to pursue winemaking under the "Balletto Vineyards" name. They saved one-tenth of the fruit for themselves-selecting the top 10 percent of quality-and in 2001 created the first vintage of Balletto Vineyards estate wines from Russian River Valley.

The Ballettos crushed enough Russian River Valley fruit for 391 cases of Chardonnay and 689 cases of Pinot Noir that first year.

Today, they are still using 10% of the grapes grown for our own label. They are currently in the 20-25,000 case range.