about
I heard this phrase in culinary school. I took it to mean that simple isn’t always easy, it still requires attention to detail and respect for the ingredients and the consumer. Many chefs I worked under made a point to search out local, and specifically organic products whenever they were available, taking care to showcase quality, freshness, and seasonality. Preserving the integrity of the ingredient is true simplicity. This concept is fundamental to my winemaking process. It just makes sense to grow and source our main ingredients from farms using responsible, organic farming practices.
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Pét Project is focused on creating natural sparkling wines. Founded on the Ancestral Method, often called pétillant-naturel (naturally sparkling) or pét-nat for short, Pét Project also crafts piquettes, and other effervescent wines that capture the freshness and liveliness of fermentation.
Sourcing from certified organic vineyards in Washington State, our grapes are farmed without chemical fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides or fungicides. Each wine is fermented naturally using indigenous yeast and contains minimal or naturally occurring sulfites. Our goal is to create wines that are honest and simple- a true representation of fruit and site.
Jay Anderson
wine maker
* and family
“You’d think that conventional farmers using synthetic sprays and chemicals would be the ones held to rigorous standards, not the organic farmers. In the time we’re in right now, it’s still kind of backwards”
vineyards
arete
columbia valley
date planted: 1983
acres: 250
slope: 2.55
elevation: 1268.6
soil type: Warden Silt-loam
certifications: USDA organic
conley
columbia valley
date planted: 2009
acres: < 5
slope: 5.14
elevation: 1658.9
soil type: Harwood loam
certifications: USDA organic
paradiso del sol
rattlesnake hills
date planted: 2004
acres:
slope:
elevation: 820
soil type: loam
certifications: USDA organic
pear ridge
columbia gorge
date planted:
acres: 70
slope: 4.31
elevation: 1322
soil type: Chemawa loam & ashy volcanic loess
certifications: USDA organic
stonemarker
walla walla valley
date planted: 1998, 2017
acres: < 5
slope: 1.49
elevation: 976.6
soil type: Walla Walla Silty Loam
certifications: USDA organic
red boar
walla walla valley
date planted: 2008
acres:1.5
slope: n/a
elevation: 750
soil type: Stanfield silt loam, leached surface
certifications: USDA organic
iron root orchard
okanogan valley
date planted: 1900's
acres:1.5
slope: n/a
elevation: 843
soil type: loess and volcanic ash
certifications: USDA organic