About Our Wine

The goal of Olive Hill Lane Press is to be among the best producers of premium 100% cabernet sauvignon in California.  Blessed with good soil, a gently sloping hillside and long sun exposure, the grapes from Olive Hill Lane Press are hand picked, barreled in only the finest new premium French oak for 18 months, and put in the bottle for another six months before release.  The wines of Olive Hill Lane Press are beautifully delicious upon release and will continue to improve for many years into the future.

The cabernet sauvignon grapes that go into this wine come mostly from a three-acre estate on Olive Hill Lane in Woodside, California. The vineyard, planted in 1996, consists of 360 vines and an adjoining wine arbor that occupy about one acre of the estate.  Only grapes from Olive Hill Lane go into our wines.

In 2006 we commenced the sale of our new 2004 vintage Olive Hill Lane Press 100% cabernet sauvignon wines after encouragement from friends that had tried our private bottlings.  Blind tastings against some of California’s finest cabernet sauvignon wines provided further encouragement.  In these tastings we beat B.R. Cohn’s Olive Hill Vineyard Estate, Silver Oak Alexander Valley, Joseph Phelps Insignia, Arrowood Reserve Speciale and Alpha Omega.

Due to the popularity of our wine and our limited production, we are sold out of all vintages from 2004-2009.  Our wine is typically fully subscribed several months in advance of shipping by a customer base that exceeds our available cases. You can, however, find some of these years at the following fine establishments:

We have recently started our subscribers’ list for our 2010 vintage.  This vintage will be sold only in one-half and full-case lots, and it should be available in the fall of 2012.  The prices of the 2010 vintage are as follows:

One-half case (six bottles) purchase:  $360 ($60 a bottle).

Full case (12 bottles) purchase:            $660 ($55 a bottle)

Two-case (24 bottles) purchase:        $1200 ($50 a bottle)

Applicable California sales tax for in-state purchases and a small shipping charge will also apply to each order.

To join our subscribers’ list for the 2010 vintage, email me at cliffjernigan@comcast.net and let me know the desired quantity, your shipping address, and your telephone number.  You can also call me at 650-851-1683 with your order.