Hitching Post Wines

Owner(s)	Gray Hartley, Frank Ostini
Web site	www.hitchingpostwines.com

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Hitching Post Hartley-Ostini Frank Ostini a chef, and Gray Hartley, a fisherman, make handcrafted Pinot Noirs from vineyards in Santa Maria Valley and Santa Rita Hills. The Sideways movie really put this label in the limelight but these two nice guys deserve all the notoriety they receive and the quality of their Pinot Noirs justify the publicity.

4,700 cases are produced annually at Terravant Wine Company in Buellton. The wines enjoy good retail distribution and may also be purchased at Terravant and the Hitching Post II Restaurant in Buellton.

Articles About Hitching Post Wines

Pinot Briefs (6.62 7/19/2008)
Sta. Rita Hills Wine & Fire (6.33 7/23/2007)

Reviewed Wines

2005 Hitching Post Cargasacchi Vineyard Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir

220 cases, $42. · A little barnyard livens up the aromatics leading to plenty of candied Pinot fruits, especially frambiose. Elegant in style and rather simple in focus, it is perfectly fine. Reviewed July 23, 2007 ARTICLE »

2005 Hitching Post Fiddlestix Vineyard Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir

325 cases, $50. 4 clones, 2 different rootstocks, picked in separate passes through the vineyard. · This wine is meaty and thick with lavish and rich, mature dark fruits. There is plenty of earthiness and mushroom flavors. A fruit bomb with judicious use of oak. Reviewed July 23, 2007 ARTICLE »