Dashe

Dashe Cellars: Artful, Vineyard-Driven Wines from California

Since their founding in 1996, Michael and Anne Dashe have pursued a terroir‑focused style in California winemaking. Drawing on Anne’s training in Bordeaux and Michael’s years at Ridge and other respected wineries, the couple sources fruit from older‑vine hillside sites with low yields and sustainable practices throughout Sonoma and Mendocino. Their winemaking emphasizes native yeast fermentation and minimal intervention, aiming to express the vineyard in each wine rather than winemaking flair ([dashecellars.com](https://www.dashecellars.com/assets/upload/history-April2020.pdf?utm_source=openai)).

Dashe Cellars’ portfolio bridges the signature single‑vineyard bottlings with their lighter “Les Enfants Terribles” expressions, which often employ carbonic maceration for a more playful, youthfully vibrant character. Their Carignane, for example, is sourced from an 1890‑planted vineyard in the Sacramento River Delta, showcasing how historical vine plantings align with the Dashes’ philosophy of authenticity and sense of place ([dashecellars.com](https://www.dashecellars.com/news/408?utm_source=openai)).