Three Creek Vineyard lies in the Happy Canyon region of the Santa Ynez Valley about 2 1/2 hours drive north of Los Angeles and 4 1/2 hours south of San Francisco. The warm south facing slopes of this rocky terrain are ideally suited to red wines, especially the Rhone and Bordeaux varietals. The vineyard was planted in two stages with the following varietals - syrah, sangiovese and cabernet franc followed by cabernet sauvignon, petit verdot and malbec. In 2007 we will be planting Sauvignon Blanc and Merlot, and further expansion is planned for 2008.

We farm the vineyard using organic methods. This labor intensive and careful farming allows us to produce grapes of the highest quality.

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Consulting Winemaker

Winemaking is performed by Doug Margerum. Along with the farming team of Jeff Newton and Ben Merz, Doug is the other arm of the “A Team” we have assembled. Doug is the founder of the Wine Cask restaurants in Santa Barbara and Los Olivos. In 2000 Doug formed the Margerum Wine Company www.margerumwinecompany.com to make and market wines. In his own words:

The term being bantered around in France for what I am doing is a production called "garagiste" - though my space is smaller than a garage. The "garagiste" philosophy, for me, is that I am part of a growing group of vintners looking to return wine making to its previous form of production – hand-crafted and personal.

Wines produced by Doug repeatedly score highly and Robert Parker identified the 2004 Piocho wine he made for Happy Canyon Vineyards as the best Bordeaux blend to come out of Santa Barbara wine country.
Doug Margerum and Michael Miroballi

Doug Margerum and Michael Miroballi