Alta Sueños combines the spirit of home winemaking with unique access to the minds and facilities of accomplished producers.
What started as a lark has evolved into a small-lot, minimal intervention winemaking practice that’s somehow looking ahead to its fourth vintage.
The project has connected me with some of the kindest and most fascinating people I’ve ever known. I’ve heard stories that will never be published in wine books, worked vineyards you won’t find on a map, discovered that soil can speak, and realized that the history of California and its wine are one and the same.
Alta Sueños means “fly dreams,” which is a deep-cut reference to West Coast hip hop, and nod to the generations of vintners who got here before me. My goals are simple: keep covering new ground, cultivate a style that honors the producers who’ve most inspired me, and continue striving to make wines that are worthy of good food, good music, and good company.
I make wine because I love wine.
There’s really no other reason to go to all the trouble.
Featured Wines
2025 Cloud Blanc
Gist Ranch, Santa Cruz Mountains
A field blend of 70% Semillon and 30% Sauvignon Blanc from an organic site high on the AVA's western slope. A vineyard in a forest in the sky.
2024 California Field Blend
Besio Vineyard, Santa Cruz Mountains
Co-fermented Sangiovese, Dolcetto, Refosco, Pinot Noir and Syrah from an absolute unicorn of a vineyard on the San Francisco Peninsula.
What we’re up to
Alta Sueños is still a very much side hustle. Emphasis on “hustle.” Here’s an ongoing collection of all our goings-on.
Random dispatches from the vineyards, cellar, and other far-flung points of interest. Follow or slide into the DMs.
If you’re a fan of sporadic short essays, informal invitations and access to well-made, extremely limited-production wines, join the Alta Sueños community here.
And look, we get it—you're still getting two emails a day from some company that sold you a pair of socks ten years ago. Alta Sueños emails are very occasional, our list is never for sale, and we do our level best to make everything we send is worth reading. That in mind...You’ll have to join the list to try the wines!
