{"title":"Hollow Wines","description":"\u003cp\u003eHollow Wines is the work of Quinn Hobbs, a former marketer with a doctorate who traded an academic path for a cellar and a mission to prove great wine can be made with fewer resources.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHobbs grew up south of San Francisco and earned a Ph.D. in political science from Pepperdine University, writing on how politicians use social media to polarize audiences. His pull toward the Central Coast came through mountain biking and volunteering at wineries around Hollister and Santa Barbara, and he later traveled to Western Australia to learn natural winemaking. He founded Hollow Wines in 2020 as a project built around sustainability and worker rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore on how they farm and work in the cellar in our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/natural-wine-producers-primal-wine\/hollow-wines\"\u003eHollow Wines producer profile\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"man-in-a-grey-suit-hollow-wines-natural-wine","title":"Hollow Wines Man In A Grey Suit 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003eMan In A Grey Suit is a red blend from Hollow Wines sourced from organic, dry-farmed vineyards in San Benito County on California's Central Coast. The 2020 is built on a base of Pommard clone Pinot Noir with additions of Trousseau and Ruché, two Italian and Jura-origin varieties that bring spice and floral character to the blend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinemaking is fully hands-off: native yeast fermentation, never racked, unfined, and unfiltered. Only 50ppm of sulfites were added at bottling. Despite coming in at nearly 16% ABV, the wine drinks lighter than that figure suggests, with fresh red fruit and purple florals leading rather than heat or weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name is a nod to the wine's deceptive character. It looks and feels like a medium-weight, chill-able red, but carries serious alcohol underneath. Serve chilled to bring out the fruit and keep the structure in check.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hollow Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39945677439175,"sku":"HOLLSUIT20C","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/man-in-a-grey-suit-hollow-wines-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1780186152"},{"product_id":"hang-eleven-orange-chardonnay-hollow-wines-natural-wine","title":"Hollow Wines Hang Eleven Orange 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003eHang Eleven Orange is a skin-contact Chardonnay sourced from Eden Rift Vineyards in the Cienega Valley AVA of San Benito County. Eden Rift is one of California's oldest continuously planted vineyard sites, with vines tracing back to 1849 on the San Andreas Fault line at 1,600 to 1,800 feet elevation. The soils here are a mix of limestone and decomposed granite — the same calcareous strata that drew Calera to the valley — and they drive the ripping acidity this grape carries even with reduced malic acid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter harvest, the Chardonnay was destemmed, fermented on skins for 7 days with native yeast, and pressed with only partial malolactic fermentation. The wine was bottled unfined and unfiltered with a single addition of sulfites at 30ppm. The result is light gold in the glass — closer to apple cider than amber — with a satiny texture that's uncommon for California orange wine at this weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe label features Steve Zissou from Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic, a nod to winemaker Quinn Hobbs's connection to surf culture and the ocean. Hollow Wines makes all of its wines in Gilroy, sourcing only from organic and dry-farmed vineyards. The operation is 100% vegan. Serve slightly chilled, around 50-55F.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hollow Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39945936273607,"sku":"HOLLHANG20C","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/hollow-wines-hang-eleven-orange-chardonnay-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1780186150"},{"product_id":"tower-57-rose-hollow-wines-natural-wine","title":"Hollow Wines Tower 57 Rose' 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003eTower 57 Rose is a blend of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Montepulciano sourced from organically farmed vineyards across California and vinified by Quinn Hobbs in Gilroy on the Central Coast. The Montepulciano brings color, grip, and a peppery backbone that separates this from the pale, neutral style of most commercial California rose. Pinot Noir adds red fruit brightness and acidity, while Chardonnay rounds out the mid-palate texture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFermented with native yeast, bottled unfined and unfiltered, with less than 50ppm total sulfites added. No fining agents are used, keeping the wine vegan-friendly. The result is a wine with some personality and a slightly hazy appearance that reflects its hands-off approach in the cellar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHollow Wines is a one-person operation. Hobbs hand sorts, sources exclusively from organic and dry-farmed sites, and avoids synthetic herbicides including glyphosate. The minimal-intervention approach extends from the vineyard through bottling with no additions beyond a touch of sulfur.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hollow Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39948756353223,"sku":"HOLLTOWE20C","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/hollow-wines-tower-57-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1780186148"},{"product_id":"resist-ruche-hollow-wines-natural-wine","title":"Hollow Wines Resist Ruche' 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 2020 Resist Ruche is a 100% Ruche sourced from three rows of vines at the Calleri Vineyard in Tres Pinos, San Benito County, farmed by John Siletto on gravelly loam soils along Tres Pinos Creek. The Ruche cuttings were originally obtained from Randall Grahm's Popelouchum project nearby in San Benito County. In 2020 the vines produced approximately one ton of fruit, which Quinn Hobbs hand sorted and destemmed before doing a light crush and cold-soaking in a fermentation bin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinemaking is minimal by design. The grapes fermented on skins using only native yeast for 17 days until dry, then aged in two barrels. On March 10, 2021, the wine was racked into a blending tank, 30 PPM sulfur was added, and the wine was bottled by hand. It is unfined, unfiltered, and vegan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuche is an aromatic red grape from Castagnole Monferrato in Piedmont, Italy, where it holds DOCG status. DNA analysis confirms it is a crossing of Croatina and Malvasia Aromatica di Parma, which explains its intense floral character alongside a tannic backbone. In San Benito, the variety benefits from cool Pacific breezes funneling through gaps in the Gabilan Range, which preserve acidity and aromatic freshness through a long growing season.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHollow Wines was founded in 2020 by Quinn Hobbs, who grew up near San Francisco and began volunteering at wineries in the Hollister area before pivoting full-time to winemaking. He produces across more than 15 varietals sourced from organically farmed vineyards, using wild fermentation and adding only minimal sulfur. As of this harvest, production moved to Atelier des Savants Fous in Gilroy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hollow Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39949263012039,"sku":"HOLLRUCH20C","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/hollow-wines-ruche-resist-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1630820158"},{"product_id":"jvstitia-greco-di-tufo-hollow-wines-natural-wine","title":"Hollow Wines Jvstitia Greco di Tufo 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003eJvstitia is a skin-contact white wine made from 100% Greco di Tufo grown at Siletto Family Vineyards in Tres Pinos, San Benito County, California. The fruit comes from one of San Benito's most sought-after organic sources: a 125-acre multi-block property farmed along Tres Pinos Creek in earthquake-shaken gravelly loam soils, situated about 30 miles east of Monterey Bay. Quinn Hobbs sources exclusively from vineyards that use no herbicides.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHobbs fermented this wine with native yeast and gave it approximately one day of skin contact, pressing at the precise moment to preserve high acidity without over-extracting tannin or risking volatile acidity. The wine was bottled unfined and unfiltered. The TTB does not recognize Greco di Tufo as a U.S. varietal, so the wine is officially labeled as white wine. Analytically, it registers at 3.01 pH with 9.8 grams per liter of total acidity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreco di Tufo is a late-ripening, high-acid variety most closely associated with the volcanic hills of Avellino, Campania. In its Italian homeland the grape produces wines with citrus, stone fruit, and mineral character. Grown in San Benito's calcareous gravelly loam soils and handled with a brief maceration, this California expression retains the variety's inherent briskness while adding a faint tannic grip and amber tint from skin contact. Hobbs makes his wines at Atelier des Savants Fous, a custom crush facility in Gilroy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hollow Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39956227948743,"sku":"HOLLGREC20C","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/justitia-greco-hollow-wines-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1630820124"},{"product_id":"chardonnay-hollow-wines-natural-wine","title":"Hollow Wines Chardonnay 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003eHollow Wines Chardonnay is a white natural wine made from 100% Chardonnay grapes from San Benito AVA, California. Spontaneous fermentation with native yeast in concrete vats, bottled unfined and unfiltered, vegan friendly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hollow Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40953330335943,"sku":"HOLLCHAR20C","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/hollow-wines-chardonnay-california-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1780185712"},{"product_id":"pinot-noir-hollow-wines-natural-wine","title":"Hollow Wines Pinot Noir 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 100% Pinot Noir comes from the Siletto Family Vineyard in Tres Pinos, San Benito County, California. The fruit is the Pommard clone, known for its firm structure, intense red and black fruit, and earthy depth. Siletto's vineyards are certified organic, planted in gravelly loam soils along Tres Pinos Creek, and sit approximately 30 miles from the Pacific Ocean, where the Gabilan Mountains channel afternoon marine winds to cool the vines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinemaker Quinn Hobbs destemmed the fruit and fermented on skins for 21 days before pressing into a combination of 20% new French oak puncheon and 80% one-year-old French oak barrels. Fermentation used wild yeast with no synthetic additives, in keeping with Hobbs's minimal-intervention approach. The wine is vegan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHollow Wines is a one-person operation run by Woodson \"Quinn\" Hobbs out of a custom crush facility in Gilroy, California. Hobbs sources exclusively from organic and dry-farmed vineyards, refusing to work with growers who use glyphosate-based herbicides. The Siletto vineyard is among his primary sources, supplying a wide range of varieties alongside this Pinot Noir.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hollow Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40953359270087,"sku":"","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/hollow-wines-pinot-noir-california-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1780185709"}],"url":"https:\/\/primalwine.com\/collections\/hollow-wines.oembed","provider":"Primal Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}