Hello

Thank you for visiting my website. My name is Steven Canter and I am the winemaker and sole employee of Luddite Vineyards. It is my goal to create wine that not only reflects its origin, but also gives you a connection to nature’s wisdom. It may seem odd that a self proclaimed Luddite would even have a website, but I am of the view that the purpose of Luddism is to resist technology that is “harmful to the common good” and I’m not convinced that this is the case here.

I set about learning my craft by interning with artisan winemakers who I felt had a unique voice in the wine world. I have been fortunate to work in Oregon, South Africa, Tuscany, Alto Adige, South Australia as well as the Napa Valley, Russian River Valley and Amador County. It was over the course of many years that my ideas of what really mattered came together. And what matters to me most is how to work with, rather than fight nature.

My wines are sourced from organic, biodynamic and transitional vineyards. Fermented with native wild yeast and bottled without fining or filtration. The average size of any bottling is less than two hundred cases and sometimes as few as twenty-five. Because of my sub-industrial size, it is not possible to maintain a constant inventory of all my wines. Several times I have made ‘once only’ bottlings. While some of these may last several months, others sell out in just weeks. If you are interested in what I have at any given time, please contact me through the link on this site and I will forward you notes on the current releases.

The wines described on this website are not a comprehensive list. From late 2004 through 2005 there will be at least seven different small lots that will not be noted here. I will however send notice via e-mail or standard post as these wines are released.