Fred Williamson's winemaking experience dates back to 2009, when he began volunteering at Jaffurs Wine Cellars' winery in Santa Barbara. He learned from Craig Jaffurs, through processing incoming grapes and handling the juice, about the extra steps that can be taken to improve the quality of wine. After many years of helping at the winery, he was ready to try making wine at home.
Although small in quantities, the quality of his homemade wines prompted Fred to pursue winemaking on a larger scale. We opened Rivahil Winery Tasting Room at 2901 Grand Ave. #C in Los Olivos in 2018. Considering all the varietals and range in quantity, we will produce no more than 200 cases of any one specific wine, with a total production of about 1,000 cases in 2016.
Although small in quantities, the quality of his homemade wines prompted Fred to pursue winemaking on a larger scale. We opened Rivahil Winery Tasting Room at 2901 Grand Ave. #C in Los Olivos in 2018. Considering all the varietals and range in quantity, we will produce no more than 200 cases of any one specific wine, with a total production of about 1,000 cases in 2016.
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Monica Kimmel
Oct 12, 2019
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Len Handeland
Jan 27, 2019
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My husband and I came down for a visit to Santa Barbara from Sonoma. We wanted to experience Santa Barbara’s wines ( made famous by the movie “ Sideways” ) We’re used to exceptional wine produced in our Sonoma valley. Rivahill was a pleasant surprise! I could tell from the outside of their tasting room with their logo and the way the wine was displayed so beautifully, it had to be good ( I was right!) they mainly focus on Rhône varietals. Each crisp, refreshing, and full of fruit and not too heavy ( their Syrah 2016 is exceptional! As are all of their wines!) to summarize, run don’t
Dick Snijder Van Wissenkerke
Oct 04, 2018
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