A boutique Glen Ellen winery founded by two newspaper photographers, its 'Taste the Vineyard' wines roaming from Russian River Pinot to Dry Creek old-vine Zin to Mendocino Syrah. The mercantile-style room across from Jack London Village has a barrel bar, a woodstove, a porch, and Eric Luse often pouring.
14300 Arnold Dr
Eric Ross is a boutique winery across from Jack London Village, founded in the early 1990s by two San Francisco Chronicle photographers: Eric Luse and John Ross Storey, whose names combined to make the label. Long since solo, Luse runs it on a single creed: "Taste the Vineyard," the right variety in the right microclimate.
The lineup roams by site: Russian River Pinot, Viognier, and Marsanne-Roussanne, Dry Creek old-vine Zinfandel and Port, Sonoma Cabernet, Mendocino Syrah, Lodi Albariño, with his Struttin' and photography-labeled Silver Image bottlings alongside. The room feels like an old western mercantile: barrel bar, woodstove, front porch, and Luse himself often pouring.
Owner & Winemaker
Eric Luse grew up with agricultural roots, served as a Navy photographer's mate and spent years shooting for the San Francisco Chronicle before turning to wine. After UC Davis viticulture classes and six years of making wine, he founded Eric Ross in 1994. His creed is simple: taste the vineyard, matching each variety to the site that suits it best.
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