Methode Sauvage

Chad Hinds did not look for an easy California wine story. Starting in 2013 in Berkeley, working out of an urban winemaking cooperative, he sourced fruit from around the state under the label Methode Sauvage, chasing something he could not yet fully define: wines with the electric, mineral tension of the French Alps, made from grapes that had no business growing in California. What he found eventually was a valley in Siskiyou County, near Mount Shasta, where that vision could take root.

Methode Sauvage, French for "the wild method," launched as a nomadic urban project with Chenin Blanc and Cabernet Franc sourced from across California. In 2018, Hinds discovered Scott Valley in western Siskiyou County and began planting estate vines using the permaculture methods of Japanese farmer Masanobu Fukuoka. By December 2019, Chad and his wife Michelle Westbrook Hinds had relocated permanently to Etna, California. The project has since been rebranded Iruai Wine, though the Methode Sauvage name remains in use for much of the portfolio.

More on how they farm and work in the cellar in our Methode Sauvage producer profile.

Bloom Phase Red 2018, natural wine bottle at Primal Wine

Methode Sauvage Bloom Phase Red 2018

Methode Sauvage

$27.00

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Methode Sauvage Moonstones Chenin Blanc 2018

Methode Sauvage

$30.00

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Blood + Flowers Syrah 2018 from Methode Sauvage, a red wine from Sonoma County, California, United States

Methode Sauvage Blood + Flowers Syrah 2018

Methode Sauvage

$30.00

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Methode Sauvage Iruai California Alps 2018

Methode Sauvage

$26.00

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Midwest: 3-4 business days
East Coast: 5 business days

Process time is not shipping time. Shipping time starts from the days successive to the day of shipping, after the order has been processed.

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2) Consolidate the returned package with your next order: this option is free of charge and it's the most popular option.

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