And we should know.we explored nearly all of these recommendations while spending two years developing YOURS Non-Alcoholic California Red Blend. There are endless recommendations for making non-alcoholic wine more enjoyable. Others suggest uncorking your bottle for a certain length of time before consuming. Some swear by serving their alcohol-free reds and white at a very specific temperature. AKA, we’re lucky to have these grapes.There are a lot of tips and tricks on the internet when it comes to improving the flavors and experience of non-alcoholic wine. Picky about which vineyards she works with, Molly seeks out vineyards that use organic practices and make their vines their babies - like Proxy is to her. This particular grape, however, comes from a coveted AVA near Solinas called Chalone. Happiest in cooler climates, most Grenache Blanc in California is grown mid-coast near Santa Barbara.
So when it came to the Maker Grenache Blanc, Molly wanted to do something special. I love that you’re all women - wine has felt like a boys club for so much of my career.” I love the ecological component, I love cans as a more sustainable way to serve wine.
Maker and Molly found each other, really, and it was a natural fit. As it turns out, she had heard about us, too. We had heard about this special winemaker, trained by some of the greats and doing big things in the world of wine. Molly's first bottling of Proxy Grenache Blanc.Īs for her next big experiment? Putting Grenache Blanc in cans. So a wine brand became her third baby, by “proxy”. “I had human babies and was done with that kind, but I had something else I knew I wanted to nurture and create.” When asked the meaning behind the name, Molly explained that after having 2 kids, she still had a strong feeling there was something else she should be doing.
PROXIE WINE PROFESSIONAL
Something of her own, that she’d want to drink casually on a weekend.Īs luck would have it, her professional relationships in the industry landed her with some extra Sauv Blanc grapes, so she made a wine and put her own label on it: Proxy Wines. But I happily landed back at home.” Molly’s third child, ProxyĪfter many years learning from legendary mentors and making wine for iconic brands, Molly wanted to make a “day off varietal”. “The cool thing about winemaking is that it can take you around the world. (Like Heidi Barrett, Julien Fayard, and Philippe Melka, just to name a few.) She traveled to various wine regions, working harvests in New Zealand and taking internships throughout California, finally landing back in Napa. Humbly, she always credits the incredible mentors she's had along the way. Molly was hooked by the production and experimentation that went into each bottle, and eventually was promoted to join in on the fermentation and winemaking process in the cellar of a local winery.Ī young Molly Lippitt at the start of her winemaking career, 20+ years ago.įrom there, Molly’s career took off. What she hadn’t seen growing up in wine country was the science side, but all of a sudden everything aligned: Her scientific mind paired with her practical knowledge of wine made her an immediate asset. I finished up school and moved back to Sonoma to work at a wine lab” They were talking wine - and I knew wine. “ They were talking plants - I loved plants. One college break she accompanied her dad to a technical wine conference and it suddenly hit her: Enamored with biology and botany, she felt certain that working with plants and the land was the right path for her - but she didn’t know the exact career. So when college rolled around, Molly decided to follow her true passion: plants. And though she was familiar with the industry, she never saw it as her path. A born and raised Northern California baby, Molly Lippitt grew up in Sonoma’s wine country with a dad in the biz.
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