Pinot Country

find a doorSomewhere to taste it

3,055 cellars with a position on them. Give the page your position, or type a town, and it sorts the lot by how far away they are. The arithmetic happens in your browser and goes nowhere.

Reading the tags

Every tag names its evidence, and a tag is never inferred from a name or a photograph. A cellar with no tags has not been read yet — that is a fact about this project, not about the cellar.

tagwhat earns it
🌙 Certified biodynamicDemeter or Biodyvin certification, named
✊🏾 Black-ownedthe owner's own statement, a press profile naming the owner, or a published directory of Black-owned wineries
📅 By appointmentthe cellar's own words on its visit page
⛔ Closeda dated notice, a news report, or the cellar's own announcement
☀️ Dry-farmedthe grower's own statement or a press profile that reports it as practice, not aspiration
🌱 Estate fruitthe cellar's own statement, or a label term with a legal definition behind it (US: estate bottled, 27 CFR 4.26)
👪 Family-heldthe cellar's own account naming the family and the generation, or a press profile
🌎 Latino-ownedthe owner's own statement, a press profile naming the owner, or a published directory
🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ+ ownedthe business's own statement, a directory or press list whose framing says the businesses in it are LGBTQ-owned; never inferred
🔑 Monopoleone owner holds the whole named site; the appellation body or the owner says so
🚪 No visitorsthe cellar says so, or a published list records it as closed to the public
🍃 Certified organica named certifier and, where published, a certificate number: CCOF, Oregon Tilth, USDA Organic, Ecocert, Agriculture Biologique, BioGro
🪵 Own-rootedthe grower or a published vineyard survey saying the vines are ungrafted
♻️ Sustainability certifieda named scheme: LIVE, Salmon-Safe, SIP, Napa Green, Sustainable Winegrowing NZ, Certified California Sustainable
🍷 Tasting roomthe cellar's own visit page, a published appellation visitor list, or an OpenStreetMap node tagged craft=winery with opening hours
♀ Woman-ownedthe owner's own statement, a press profile naming the owner, or a women-owned business certification
♀ Woman winemakerthe cellar names her in the role, or a press profile does

The week

945 of 3,055 rows name a day either way. open closed not published A day nobody published is drawn dashed and never counted as closed — a reader drives on this.

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