Our first vintages did not form a neat story of uninterrupted progress.
In 2021, we made a white wine largely to prove to ourselves that we could.
We kept it for our own table, and we are still drinking it today.
The wines from 2022 and 2023 did not reach the standard we wanted for Standing Fox, so we chose not to release them under our label.
That decision mattered. Once our name was on the bottle, the wine would speak for the estate, the vineyard and everyone whose work had gone into it. Wanting a wine to be ready could not make it ready.
The 2024 vintage marked a change. It showed us more clearly what the vineyard could give and what closer attention in the cellar could preserve.
The 2025 wines have taken another step, including a white that has already become a favorite at our own table even though we will not release it for another year.
There is no shame in a wine becoming part of the education rather than part of the label. The 2022 and 2023 vintages taught us what we were unwilling to bottle. The wines that followed began to show us what Standing Fox could become.
