The Winery

Emerson Brown Wines

We began working hand in glove at Vineyard 29 during the harvest season of 2005, a vintage marked by an excessively large crop; so big that many wineries turned fruit away at the crush pad if it exceeded the tonnage stipulated on the purchase agreement. It was in this heady environment, on an afternoon near the end of the season, that we caught wind of an opportunity to purchase some Oakville Cabernet. Around three and a half tons had been left unpicked at III Michaels Estate, a postage stamp of a vineyard on the eastern bench in northern Oakville. The pedigree of the site and the quality of fruit were undeniable. So with excitement frothing over like the suds in our glasses, we shook hands and decided right then and there to name our freshly established label Emerson Brown, because it was obvious no one would ever want to drink a Brown Emerson.