It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Much as we love the Holidays there’s a special kind of magic and joy at harvest and winemaking time. And work! With thrills, chills and spills – not a tragic amount of the latter but enough to make us a sticky mess – we do all we… Continue reading Thrills! Chills! Spills!
News
And we have a winner!
Exciting news! Our 2019 12EC Cabernet Sauvignon “Emilio” won a silver medal in the 2022 Orange County Wine Competition! This is our first vintage and our first competition so we couldn’t be happier. And it only gets better from here! Limited supplies of 2019 12EC Cabernet Sauvignon “Emilio” and “Josephine” and 2021… Continue reading And we have a winner!
Introducing 12EC Wine Club “Villa Volturno”
Our 12EC Founders Wine Club has reached its goal of 25 members! We’re grateful to our Founders for their love and early support. And while that exclusive club is now closed to new members, we started a new wine club with special benefits of its own to keep this wine party going! Introducing… Continue reading Introducing 12EC Wine Club “Villa Volturno”
12EC is Green!
Earth Day, Friday April 22, 2022 How green is our vineyard? Very! We are 100% solar and energy self-sustainable, with 36 panels and 2 Tesla batteries to power vineyard, winery and home. We are the recipients of a 2022 SWEEP grant, California’s state water efficiency and enhancement program, with which we’ll modernize our… Continue reading 12EC is Green!
Founders Club membership has its rewards!
Two of our newest 12EC Founders Club members came for a private tasting earlier this month and since we were topping barrels we gave them a super exclusive tasting of our soon-to-be-bottled 2020 “Emilio” and “Philomena.” Closing in on 24 club members and the very special “Taste of Lockwood” December club release that ships with… Continue reading Founders Club membership has its rewards!
Holiday Celebration Pack
And we’re back! October 2021 has come and gone but boy, were we busy! Harvest took us by storm. We picked eleven tons of our beautiful Cabernet Sauvignon grapes for as many winemakers, Pros and Garagistas among them. We love them all! We picked three tons for ourselves and that’s where the time went. We… Continue reading Holiday Celebration Pack
Let the Ground Shipping Begin!
The grapes have been picked and crushed and are fermenting in the winery while out in the vineyard the leaves are already turning yellow. That can only mean one thing – it’s cooling off enough to start shipping wine UPS Ground! We appreciate all the early orders that flew out of here one or two… Continue reading Let the Ground Shipping Begin!
Harvest & Crush 2021
Goodbye harvest moon, hello harvest sun! Tomorrow is harvest day. Friday, too. Picking for 12EC and other winemakers, pros and garagistas, excitement and anticipation growing in all. We’ve been preparing for this since last year and already have ideas for next. But for now, we’re betwixt and between, poised and ready, faithful, hopeful,… Continue reading Harvest & Crush 2021
12EC❤️NJ
Starting today we can ship our 12EC wine to the Garden State! NJ joins the list of other states already getting shipments of 12EC wine. So, New Jersey – and everybody else – buy some wine! Click “Wine” in the menu above and you’re on your way. UPS Ground shipping will start as… Continue reading 12EC❤️NJ
It’s wine time!
It’s finally wine time here at 12EC! Finally, that is, for our friends, family and other fans and followers who we’ve connected with since this adventure began first in Santa Rosa six years (!) ago in our backyard and garage on Humboldt Street and here in Lockwood three years (!) ago in October 2018 on… Continue reading It’s wine time!