About Us
“I feel that grapes arrive with all their potential for great wine intact, and everything I do is mostly going to subtract from that potentiality. We seek to preserve that full potential by shepherding the process from grape to wine, but mostly staying out of the way.”
-Erik
“We find vineyard sites whose grapes produce a wine that expresses a sense of place. We partner with growers who are passionate about their vineyards and are dedicated to producing the best grapes possible. When we get the grapes into the winery, we do our best not to mess up all the hard work that's been done.”
- Kevin
Kevin Farrow and Erik Latshaw met at UCLA, rooming together senior year and utilizing Erik’s employee discount at Wally’s Wine & Spirits to taste their way through European wines and drink a not-insignificant amount of Château DeLord Bordeaux. Kevin had grown up in Escondido in Southern California and Erik had grown up in Felton, CA in the heart of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Erik and Kevin continued to drink wine together over the years and Erik found himself on the production side of the wine world, working a harvest internship at Patz & Hall Winery in 2012. There Erik met Morgan Twain-Peterson at Bedrock Wine Co. which led to Kevin working for Bedrock in 2014. The following harvest Morgan gave Kevin one ton of Merlot to work with and Filaments Wine began.