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Learn more about Alder Springs (as featured in Wine Spectator): Winegrowing on the Edge

"Carved from Mendocino County wilderness. Alder Springs Vineyard is producing some of California's most distinctive wines. Civilization is downhill from Alder Springs Vineyard. Way downhill. The closest town of any real size is 50 miles away and anyone driving up the mountain to get there needs plenty of fortitude. In this remote part of Northern California, the cash crops are timber, cattle and marijuana. How a vineyard came to be planted in such an untested fringe of wine country is an improbable tale of one man's obsession..."

Sunbox Eleven Winery: Silver & Bronze Medal Winners, American Fine Wine Competition, 2010

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Sunbox Eleven Winery: Silver Medal Winner, Los Angeles International Wine Competition, 2009

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Sunbox Eleven Winery: Silver Medal Winner, Florida International Wine Challenge (FIWC), 2009

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