Welcome to the online hub of the Hobo Wine Company. For the better part of my adult life, the Hobo Wine Company and I and more recently, my family, have co-evolved. These wines not only represent my professional life and work, but also reflect my personal life and the things that interest and inspire me. From the beginning, it has been my aspiration to produce memorable wines of distinction and charm.
As best as we can in this busy world, we will update this site with relative information about our wines and what we are doing. For all of my complete ranting and rambling as well as release and event information, please sign up for the email newsletter. Enjoy KL
TASTING ROOM
Hobo, Banyan, and Folk Machine wines along with the Branham Estate wines can be tasted Wednesday through Monday at Downtown Wine, 132 Plaza Street, Healdsburg, California 95448. 707-473-0337
Downtown Wine in the North Bay Bohemian
James Knight from the North Bay Bohemian gave Downtown Wine and the Hobo, Banyan, and Folk Machine wines a nice review on December 10, 2008. To read the full article, click on this link.
Sunset Magazine Steals of the Year
The 2007 Banyan Monterey County Gewurztraminer was a runner up for Sunset Magazine's "Steal of the Year" and mentioned in the September 2008 issue.
http://www.sunset.com/sunset/food/article/0,20633,1832990,00.html
Greening Up
You may have noticed that most of our new wines are sans capsules. The capsule is a decorative part of the packaging that had a historical purpose of keeping rats from chewing on the corks. We have begun to phase them out in an effort to cut out unnecessary materials and produce less waste as well as keep our prices down when all the costs of doing business are going up. To boot, we dig the look!
Also, beginning with 2007, all of our labels are being printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper stock.
Hang time: Kenny Likitprakong makes the leap from skateboard to vineyard
