About the winery
Trout Gulch Vineyards was the Turgeon family's label, named for its vineyard on Trout Gulch Road in the hills above Aptos, about three and a half miles from the ocean1. Ron and Helene Miller had planted about 19 acres of Chardonnay there in 1980. Bernie Turgeon, who had co-founded the Turgeon & Lohr winery with Jerry Lohr, bought the property in 1987, and he and his son Gerry farmed it without irrigation once the vines were established1. The family made estate Chardonnay and Pinot Noir2,3.
The Turgeons sold the vineyard in 2004 to neighbors, who later brought in Richard Alfaro of Alfaro Family Vineyards to farm it1. Gerry Turgeon went on making a Trout Gulch wine from grapes he bought from Alfaro until he retired in 20141. In about 2009 the winery had no tasting room and, by one writer's account, sold its wines through a mailing list3.
Known for
- Estate Chardonnay
- Estate Pinot Noir
- Blanc de Blancs sparkling wine
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