Witching Stick Wines

Specialties

New Tasting Room Opened October 2014

Witching Stick specializes in finding unique vineyards producing terroir driven wines with a sense of place.

Pinot noirs, Chardonnay, Zinfandel, Syrah, and Rosato are available for tasting as well as Olio di Mendo Extra Virgin Olive Oil.

History

Established in 2010.

Established in 2010 by longtime Anderson Valley Winemaker Van Williamson. Come taste the finesse and balance thirty years of winemaking and viticultural experience brings to the bottle.

Meet the Business Owner

Van W.

Business Owner

My first Burgundy I tried in College was a Pommard that was so silky and smooth that I fell in love with the Pinot noir variety. Years later after changing majors from Civil Engineering to Enology and working for Fickling, Fetzer, and Château Montelena, I moved to Anderson Valley in pursuit of the elusive Steelhead Trout and the chance to make Pinot noir for Greenwood Ridge Vineyards in 1988.

In 1994 I started working for Edmeades and was there through the 2009 harvest. Since then I have been developing the Witching Stick brand and farming the Fashauer Vineyard. We have a bold Rosato of Zinfandel and a restraint style of Zinfandel from our estate vineyard.

We source some dynamic Chardonnay fruit from the famous Durell Vineyard in Sonoma Valley. We make 3 Designated Vineyard Pinot noirs; Cerise, Wiley, and Gianoli as well as our Dowser’s Cuvee Anderson Valley blend. We also have a Syrah from the Valenti Vineyards in the Mendocino Ridge AVA. Come and taste the bounty.