Features
10 Reasons to Take a California Wine Trip Along the San Andreas Fault Line
Food & Wine Magazine
March 2025
Ray Isle
“Ray Isle explores the distinctive character of some of California’s best wines at stops along a destructive fault line.”
These Are the Most Iconic Vineyards in Sonoma County
Sonoma Magazine
October 2024
Sonoma Magazine Team
“Our picks for some of the county’s most iconic vineyards — and amazing wines to try from each site.”
Top 100 Wines of the USA 2023
JamesSuckling.com
December 2023
James Suckling
“The No. 1 wine of the list is an amazing young pinot noir from the Hirsch family, the Hirsch Vineyards Pinot Noir Sonoma County Sonoma Coast Raschen Ridge 2021.”
Jasmine Hirsch Takes the Lead
JancisRobinson.com
February 2022
Elaine Chukan Brown
“For the first time, wines from this famous Sonoma Coast estate have been made by a member of the Hirsch family. Elaine is treated to a preview of the results.”
Pinot Noir: Treasures from the Sonoma Coast
Wine Spectator
September 2021
Kim Marcus
“In the Fort Ross–Seaview AVA, a patchwork of prime vineyards is thriving amid a complex mosaic of microclimates, exposures and soil strata, while a pioneering human element ties them together in the quest to make world-class wine.”
IDTT Wine 462: David Hirsch and the Hirsch Vineyards Lighthouse
I’ll Drink to That Podcast
March 2019
Levi Dalton
“David opens up about his travels across the United States and across the world in the 1960s and 1970s, and about what led him eventually to the outer reaches of the Sonoma Coast to plant a vineyard.”
Seduction along fault lines and whale-paths
The World of Fine Wine
June 2015
Hugh Johnson
“It was a stout Cortez moment. We sipped. We looked at each other with a wild surmise. Purity of fruit, firmness of purpose, a sense of place to set my satnav spinning.”
Stirring the Lees with James Molesworth: A Stop at Hirsch Vineyards
Wine Spectator
May 2013
James Molesworth
“When I was warned ahead of time that the road up to Hirsch Vineyards was a bit dicey and that I should make sure I had a good car to handle it, I had to chuckle.”
The Pinot Paradise of the Cool Sonoma Coast
The Wall Street Journal
June 2013
Jay McInerney
“From the coast, the road slaloms up the ridge and eventually turns into a dirt track halfway to your destination. At some point you cross the San Andreas fault.”