Fox Hill

Don't miss out on this inaugural olive oil freshly pressed and harvested from our Fox Hill Vineyard in Mendocino. Olio Nuovo means new oil in Italian and is made from the season's first picked and pressed olives. This is a fresh, green and well-balanced oil on the palate that's meant to be enjoyed now. This oil isn't for cooking with heat but instead is best used as a finishing olive oil for a variety of dishes, for dipping or for use in salads.

The 100% extra virgin olive oil is made from a variety of organically grown olive trees that stretch along the border of Fox Hill Vineyard. The soils and climate at Fox Hill mimic the climate of Italy's Piedmont region, making it a welcoming place for olive trees to grow. The oil is made from 90% green olives that were not fully ripe and 10% ripe black olives. Hand harvested in the morning and cold-pressed the same day and left unfiltered. Hand bottled and labeled with care.

LOCATION: Mendocino County

SIZE : 375ml

THE STORY: This is our first time making a sparkling wine from Fox Hill. We have been
sourcing fruit from the vineyard since 2013, and this is our first time working with the Erbaluce growing at this special vineyard. Sam Bilbro, winemaker and friend of Fox Hill who owns Idlewild wines, loves all things Piemonte - so he planted the Erbaluce nearly a decade ago and we are so happy he did. This wine is described by our winemaker Chris as a “lightbulb wine”. After tasting it something sparks inside of you - It is refreshing, complex, floral, bright, fruity yet refined. We promise we will make more next year to go around! We picked the grapes thinking we were going to make a white wine, but at the last minute we pivoted and decided to make it a sparkling wine. We foot stomped the grapes then gently pressed to stainless tank to ferment naturally. When the wine fermented to about 18 grams of sugar (still sweet), we bottled it. We let the wine ferment again in bottle, which made it bubbly as it went dry in bottle. Then we disgorged the wine one bottle at a time by hand. This is a labor of love - hand picked, bottled, disgorged and labeled.

FUN FACT: The label is a drawing of the oldest and largest growing Black Oak Tree at Fox Hill, located at the top of the North Forty. We recently put in an owl box to attract owls, which will help us protect the vineyard as a natural predator.

VARIETIES: 100% Erbaluce

LOCATION: Fox Hill Vineyard - Mendocino County

FARMING PRACTICES: CCOF Organic

ALCOHOL: 12%

FOOD PAIRING: Anything plucked from the sea, salads and even dumplings have been proven to be delicious with this special wine.

Tasting Notes: Fennel, zesty lime peel, and a hint of black pepper

This skin contact Vermentino is a new one for us from Fox Hill Vineyard, our estate in Mendocino. It saw just a kiss of skin contact, which gives the wine a subtle structure that is perfect for lighter meat dishes and hearty pastas. One of our staff members took a sip and declared it “the perfect white wine for pizza!” We couldn’t agree more. 

The Vermentino was destemmed and macerated on the skins for two days. We tasted the must daily to monitor the progression of skin contact and pressed it at just the right moment. The Vermentino fermented in stainless tank and then settled in to age in concrete tank for seven months.

FUN FACT: The two stones on the label are grinding stones found at Fox Hill that were used by Indigenous Americans to grind acorns. 

VARIETIES: 100% Vermentino

LOCATION: Fox Hill Vineyard - Mendocino

ALCOHOL: 12%

FARMING PRACTICES: CCOF Certified Organic

FOOD PAIRING: Sushi, Mediterranean dishes, and fresh pasta made with garlic olive oil, veggies + herbs. A white Pizza is the best as well!

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Tasting Notes: Intriguing medley of green mango, jackfruit, and lychee, enriched by notes of honeycomb, honeydew, and a hint of green tea.

The Bianco bursts with lychee, orange stone fruits and constantly evolves in the glass. Our first vintage was 100% Tocai Fruilano, later adding Trebbiano and Ribolla Gialla to showcase the lively side of an Italian skin contact wine with grapes all grown at Fox Hill Vineyard. We kept the Trebbiano off the skins this year and instead directly pressed it to ferment in stainless steel before aging in neutral oak barrique. The Friulano and Ribolla Gialla co-fermented together on their skins. Two-thirds of the wine was pressed into concrete tank to age. The remaining into sandstone jarres. The sandstone jarre gives the wine that luminous amber color and subtle structure from the tannins. We fall more in love with what the sandstone jarres bring to the wine each year. It’s a great example of the role vessels can play in bringing a wine to life. Friendly with food or even a little cellar time.

FUN FACT: Our first vintage was 100% Tocai Fruilano.

VARIETIES: 50% Ribolla Gialla, 40% Tocai Friulano, 10% Trebbiano

LOCATION: Fox Hill Vineyard - Mendocino

FARMING PRACTICES: CCOF Certified Organic

TOTAL PRODUCTION: 471 cases

FOOD PAIRING: This is perfect to play with all Italian dishes - our go to is a whole fish served with lemon, caper and arugula. Another favorite is anchovy based pasta with aged cheese to finish.

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Produced by Chris Brockway of Broc Cellars in Berkeley from grapes picked in 2022 from organically farmed Fox Hill Vineyard in Mendocino. The wine is a blend of three grape varieties: 50% Ribolla Galla, 45% Tocai Friulano and 5% Trebbiano. All grapes naturally fermented on its native yeasts and skins in sandstone jarres, then gently pressed to age back into jarres for twelve months. After that year in jarres it was racked to neutral oak barrique where it lived for six months to develop further. The wine was hand bottled by Muggs, Egon and Chris at the start of 2024 and aged for another year in bottle. Only 540 bottles made.

Notes & Tones is a collaborative wine & album release between DJ Muggs, Egon of Now-Again Records and Chris Brockway of Broc Cellars. 

Tasting Notes: Bright and juicy with notes of cherry and cranberry. A bold rosé-meets-light-red, vibrant with zippy acidity — perfect served chilled.

THE STORY: Barbera grows at the highest point of Fox Hill, in a block we call the Terrace. It gets lots of afternoon sun and exposure. The vines are older head pruned and grow in the steepest sloped and iron rich clay-like soil that has a red hue. The wine is mostly Barbera rosé with a little Nero rosé that we blended in to balance out the body with its fruit since the Barbera has very bright acidity. We food tread the grapes and left the juice on the skins for 24 hours so the Barbera could bleed out its beautiful color. Nero had the same skin contact, and we added it in because of its delicious cherry flavor. Gently pressed to stainless tank to naturally ferment, then aged for 8 months. This wine walks the line of a dark rosé and a light chillable red. Chill it down and drink up!

FUN FACT: O’Sunshine is a term used metaphorically to describe something joyful or bright.

VARIETIES: Barbera and Nero D’Avola

LOCATION: Fox Hill Vineyard - Mendocino County

FARMING PRACTICES: CCOF Organic

ALCOHOL: 13%

FOOD PAIRING: Chill it down and enjoy with barbecue, stir-fries or charcuterie

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Tasting notes: Baked cherry, Late Season Raspberry, Black tea

The Amore Rosso inspires conviviality and is our nod to delicious old school classic red table wine. This vintage is a slightly different blend.  A Barbera and Dolcetto co-ferment still make up the majority of the wine, but this year we included more Northern Italian varieties such as Montepulciano and Sangiovese. This blend accentuates the varieties’ dark fruits, which works together with a pleasant tannin to cut through saucy, acid-driven  dishes. The Barbera/Dolcetto coferment, Montepulciano and Sangiovese were all destemmed, separately fermented in stainless steel tank, and aged in neutral French oak barrique. All of the wine aged for 10 months then blended before bottling. Best served with meals, including anything with hearty tomatoes. It is also enjoyable on its own.

FUN FACT: As the label suggests, it’s a perfect pairing for pizza. 

VARIETIES: 40% Barbera, 40% Dolcetto, 14% Montepulciano, 6% Sangiovese

LOCATION: Fox Hill Vineyard - Mendocino 

FARMING PRACTICES: CCOF Certified Organic

FOOD PAIRING: Pizza! Say no more.

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TASTING NOTES: Late Summer Strawberry, Raspberry Tea, Black Cherry and Cocoa Nib.

THE STORY: Old World influence meets California terroir. This wine is well balanced with
food-friendly acidity and gentle fruits that make it approachable for anything on the table
tonight. The gentle tannins also make it perfect for aging. This year’s release is all Sangiovese Grosso (which amplify darker fruits) that grow at Fox Hill Vineyard. The vines thrive in the hilly, rocky soil and climate that mirrors its Tuscan homeland. We hand harvested the Sangiovese at the beginning of September to capture its vibrant acidity. We naturally fermented it in an open top stainless tank, gently pressed after a week had passed, and then aged in neutral French oak barrique for eleven months. The end result for this vintage is incredible.

FUN FACT: The label features the old Hop Barn found at the entrance to Fox Hill. As the name implies, it was used to process hops. The vineyard sits between a town called Hopland and Ukiah, on Talmage benchland overlooking the valley below.

VARIETIES: 100% Sangiovese

LOCATION: Fox Hill Vineyard

FARMING PRACTICES: CCOF Certified Organic

ALCOHOL: 13%

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Tasting Notes: Dark current, Cocoa powder, Mendocino Bay Leaf

This vintage already shows signs of sophistication with deep dark fruits, hints of cocoa and fine tannins. This grape - and wine - is foundational to Broc’s history. We’ve made it since 2013, when it intrigued us with what amazing fruit Fox Hill Vineyard in Mendocino can produce. Nero d’Avola vines are rare sights in California. We are lucky to have Fox Hill Vineyard, where Nero is thriving among the rocky redvine soil. The native Sicilian grape grows well in California soils and especially at Fox Hill where the days quickly grow hot on the exposed rocky hillsides. This vintage was fermented in stainless steel tank, pressed and aged in a combination of neutral French oak barrique and a small amount in a beeswax-lined cigar for 10 months. The beeswax-lined cigar softens the tannins to accentuate a silky palate and amplify the luscious fruit flavors. We recommend aging 10-15 years.

FUN FACT: The Badger on our label plays on the Scottish Gaelic translation of Broc, which is Badger.

VARIETIES: 100% Nero d’Avola

LOCATION: Fox Hill Vineyard - Mendocino 

FARMING PRACTICES: CCOF Certified Organic

ALCOHOL: 12%

FOOD PAIRING: Italian fare is it's best pairing. We love it with home made meatballs, Sicilian tomato stewed fish and Eggplant Parmesan.

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June Taylor Pear, Lemon Geranium, and Rosemary Preserve

Pears grow beautifully along the Talmadge bench in Mendocino County where Fox Hill Vineyard is located. We hand harvested Comice Pears in late September on the Fox Hill property. We drove the harvest back to Berkeley and as they ripened to perfection, we reached out to our good friend and local preserve queen June Taylor to conserve the fruit into a delicate Pear Preserve. The result is a delectable pear conserve that features a soft set texture that beautifully highlights fresh fruit flavors, with very low sugar and no commercial pectin. The possibilities are endless with this preserve, making it a fantastic gift as well! All ingredients are organic. Hand made and a very small batch of only 40 jars produced.

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Winter Nelis Pear Preserve 

June Taylor x Fox Hill Vineyard

Winter Nelis pears are a rare heritage variety, and we’re fortunate to have an 80+ year-old tree thriving at Fox Hill. The fruit was hand-picked in late September and brought to June in the Bay Area to be transformed into this special preserve.

Known for their thick skin and delicate flesh, these pears ripened slowly over several weeks before being prepared. Each pear was peeled and gently cooked with just a touch of sugar, along with oranges, lemons, Mediterranean bay leaves, and cassis syrup. With no added pectin and very little sugar, the result is a preserve that captures the pear’s pure, natural character.

Refrigerate after opening and enjoy within two weeks.

Serving Suggestions:
Pair beautifully with cheeses, spread on toast, swirl into yogurt, use in baking, or simply enjoy a spoonful on its own.

We hope you love it as much as we do.

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This delightful Fuyu persimmon fruit butter is silky smooth, layered with warming spices and is the perfect addition to the breakfast, dinner or dessert table. The Persimmon Butter is from June Taylor Jams and is our newest collaboration. June made this special edition fruit butter using Fuyu persimmons grown from Broc's very own Fox Hill Vineyard. 

Fruit butter is made from fruit that’s cooked, puréed and cooked a second time to concentrate the flavors. The result is  silky and delicately textured that’s great for topping many desserts and snack spreads. We’re are delighted that she has collaborated with us to make this special preserve.  

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