Selby Winery

Selby Winery
215 Center Street
Healdsburg, California
USA 95448
Phone: 707.431.1288
http://www.selbywinery.com

Contact: Susie Selby
Email: [email protected]

My father taught me that wine is an incredible combination of art, science and nature. I learned after he died that wine holds a special place for celebration, love and life. It has been cherished, admonished and revered as it has held a unique significance throughout the world’s history. I am privileged to be a winemaker and proud to present my father's dream.

Enjoy wine; enjoy life.Selby Winery is the result of many years of hands-on labor: in its own facility with a library of award-winning wines and a coterie of supporters. From our very first vintage, which was 150 cases of 1993 Chardonnay, I've been doing what I love.

The truth is, I love wine. I also love making wine. Those are my best qualifications as the winemaker for Selby Winery.

My goal when I make Selby wines is to focus on the fruit; therefore I favor traditional minimalist principles of winemaking that yield elegant, sophisticated and accessible wines you can enjoy without lengthy cellaring.

If it's possible to do it by hand, I do. I designed our winery to accommodate my handcrafted approach. We pick, ferment, process and even bottle by hand. On most of our lots, we use small, half-ton bins for extended maceration.We use carefully selected coopers for our French and American oak, as well as insulated stainless steel fermentation and blending tanks. Our press is an extraordinarily gentle Puleo from Italy. This is an important part of the process and we don't take shortcuts.
On the other hand, timing is everything. Knowing when to harvest, how long to age, when to blend, when to bottle and when to release is more than science; it's an art that is based on experience and intuition.I've come a long way since those early days, and I wouldn't be telling the truth if I didn't say that I encountered more than a few obstacles.

Through it all, however, there's always been one truth. I love wine. I only make wines I love to drink. That's why I'm in the business of winemaking today.

Winemaker: Susie Selby

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