{"title":"End of Nowhere","description":"\u003cp\u003eChris Walsh grew up on a dirt road in the Sierra Foothills, left for a career in architectural lighting and wine in New York City, then came home to plant vines across from his childhood house. End of Nowhere is the result: Amador County's only local natural winery, built on native yeasts and a refusal to add anything the grapes do not bring themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter college Walsh moved to New York City for architectural lighting design before falling into the wine world, working floors at spots such as The Tangled Vine and Corkbuzz. In 2014 he returned to Amador County and bought a 20-acre property just across the road from the house he grew up in. He named the site Little John Lane Vineyard after the road itself and began planting, mostly Rhone varieties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore on how they farm and work in the cellar in our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/natural-wine-producers-primal-wine\/end-of-nowhere\"\u003eEnd of Nowhere producer profile\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"carbonic-zinfandel-end-of-nowhere-california-natural-wine","title":"End of Nowhere #1 Crush Zinfandel 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003eEnd of Nowhere #1 Crush is a rosé made from 100% Zinfandel sourced from D'Agostini Shenandoah Vineyard in Plymouth, Amador County. Winemaker Chris Walsh used a combination of direct-to-press juice and juice with up to 24 hours of skin contact, giving the wine light color and a bit of textural grip without moving into orange wine territory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter primary fermentation in tank using native yeasts, the wine was racked to neutral French oak barrels and aged for seven months. It received a single SO2 addition of 25ppm prior to bottling and was not fined or filtered. Total sulfite additions across all End of Nowhere wines are kept at 40ppm or less.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe nose leads with small red berry fruit and cola. On the palate the wine is medium-bodied with bright acidity and a distinctive saline finish. It drinks like a warm-climate rosé with enough structure to hold up to food.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"End of Nowhere","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":14310168199223,"sku":"ENDOZINF20C","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/carbonic-zinfandel-end-of-nowhere-california-natural-wine.jpg?v=1780666068"},{"product_id":"little-faith-verdelho-end-of-nowhere-natural-wine","title":"End of Nowhere Little Faith Verdelho 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003eLittle Faith is a skin-contact Verdelho sourced from the Vista Luna Vineyard in San Joaquin County, California. The vineyard holds CCOF organic certification and is planted on volcanic soils on rolling hills near Lodi. The grapes were hand-harvested, 100% foot-trodden, and fermented dry with 14 days of skin contact before the juice was pressed off and racked to neutral French oak barrels to finish primary fermentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter primary fermentation, the wine was aged in neutral French oak for 7 months. It was bottled unfined and unfiltered with a single SO2 addition of 25ppm. The result is a lightly tannic orange wine with genuine texture but no astringency — approachable for drinkers new to skin-contact wines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the nose: ripe stone fruit, mango, and apricot. On the palate it shifts to a crispness and savory character, with an almond-marzipan quality that gives way to a wave of acid. The 14-day maceration gives structure without heaviness, and the neutral oak adds nothing beyond slight roundness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"End of Nowhere","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39782059180231,"sku":"endofnowhere-littlefaith-1045","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/end-of-nowhere-verdelho-orange-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1780186196"},{"product_id":"spaceboy-pinot-gris-end-of-nowhere","title":"End of Nowhere Spaceboy Pinot Gris 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003eSpaceboy is 100% Pinot Gris sourced from Heringer Vineyard in Clarksburg, Yolo County, California. The vineyard sits along the Sacramento River on sandy alluvial soils and is farmed using organic methods, with CCOF certification in process. Grapes were foot tread and fermented dry on skins for 14 days, giving the wine its salmon-copper hue and light tannic grip.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter pressing, the wine was racked into neutral French oak barrels where it aged for 7 months. It was bottled unfined and unfiltered with a single SO2 addition of 25ppm. The result sits in ramato territory: technically a skin-contact white, but pale enough in color to read as a very light red.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the nose, strawberry and rhubarb come through clearly, with dried tea-leaf character emerging on the palate. Acidity is fresh, tannins are light and grippy rather than astringent, and the body stays lean. At roughly 11-12% ABV this is a low-intervention, low-alcohol skin-contact wine built for the table.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"End of Nowhere","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39782119899335,"sku":"eonowhere-spaceboy-2038","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/end-of-nowhere-spaceboy-pinot-gris-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1780186191"},{"product_id":"phantom-limb-zinfandel-end-of-nowhere-natural-wine","title":"End of Nowhere Phantom Limb Zinfandel 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003eEnd of Nowhere Phantom Limb Zinfandel 2021 is a natural wine made from organically farmed grapes grown in Amador County, California. Carbonic maceration for a light and zesty Zinfandel, light years away from jammy fruit bombs often associated with Zinfandel. Serving Temperature: 55 F.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"End of Nowhere","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43083226775768,"sku":"1159","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/end-of-nowhere-phantom-limb-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1718499958"},{"product_id":"little-faith-pinot-gris-and-muscat-natural-wine","title":"End of Nowhere Little Faith Pinot Gris and Muscat 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003eEnd of Nowhere Little Faith Pinot Gris and Muscat is a skin-contact natural wine (orange wine) made from grapes farmed organically in California. Ripe white fruit on the nose, crisp and savory on the palate. 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