Dreamcôte - Prickly Pear Cider - Santa Barbara County, CA - 2023

Notes from the Winery/Importer

Style: Frizzante+ (Sparkling). Pét-nat is an abbreviation for “pétillant naturel”—a French term that roughly translates to “naturally sparkling.” Bottled fermented. Undisgorged. Champagne yeast. AVA: Santa Barbara County - Our apples are coming from an organic site in Sta. Rita Hills. The prickly pear cactus fruit is coming from our home ranch in Ballard, California. Soil Type: Apples (sandy loam, SRH). Prickly pear cactus (clay, Ballard, CA) Ferm Vessel: Co-fermented in stainless steel tank. Aging Vessel: N/A - Fruit is cold-crushed and co-fermented. As primary fermentation begins to wane, we polish-filter the solids out and and bottle to finish fermentation under cap, producing a fine and natural bubble. Post-bottling Ageing: 5 mo ALC/VOL: 7.5%

Notes on the Producer

Our Story Dreamcôte Wine Co. (pron: dream coat) was born in 2012 by ladies and started with 1 ton of Riesling made in a super bright, off-dry (slightly sweet) style, intended wholeheartedly to be sipped alongside painfully spicy Thai food. Today, Dreamcôte produces 1000 cases of wine + hard cider. In this sandbox we play with more experimental stuff. By "experimental", we don't mean we're the first men on the moon, but maybe would phrase it more like - the stuff that isn’t exactly mainstream - carbonic fermentation with oddball varietals (Pinot Noir, Syrah, Mourvedre, Cab Franc and now, FINALLY, Gamay.), undisgorged pét-nat bubbles, bottle fermented cider made with fruit, hops and herbs off the farm in Ballard. To us this is a little bit of an escape from the traditional. A mini-vacation of sorts. We 1000% love traditional - but sometimes you just want to sip a drink with a tiny little umbrella and to unbutton just one more button on your shirt.

The wines + ciders we craft are casual, low in sulfur, low in alcohol, intended for weekly consumption with blue collar dishes like burgers, tomato sandwiches and ‘what’s left in the fridge soup’ - to be wholly consumed in less than 24 months, not to sit in your cellar, or on top of your fridge for a special occasion. Life’s short. Make it count.

“Wine makes every meal an occasion, every table more elegant, every day more civilized.”
― Andre Simon

Our Theory
We don't believe there is one varietal out there that everyone should be drinking. Life is short. Drink what you like.

We hope you're as excited to try new things as we are and we hope you'll enjoy the wines we strive to produce [the ones we like to drink]. Bright, fruit forward wines. Here you will find wines fresh and juicy as the day they were picked. We love to capture fruit, squeeze them into bottles and hold the result hostage for a while...until we rip corks and drink them.

We believe that wine should be consumed nightly if not daily. Wine should absolutely be shared - when possible. Wine should stand on it's own just as much as it should pair with food. It’s a beverage man. Sometimes you’re bummed because you got the mango black tea instead of old trusty. But you tried something new, and who knows where that might land you down the road.