Trail Marker Wine Co.
Drew Huffine & Emily Virgil, high-acid, low-alcohol California wines
Trail Marker Wine Co. is a wine producer in California, United States. LeMieux Wine Co. distributes Trail Marker Wine Co. wines to licensed restaurants, bars and retailers in Michigan.
The Path
Drew Huffine came up through Copain, DuMol, and Kosta Browne before serving as head winemaker at LIOCO. Emily Virgil came from costume styling in the LA film industry. She's the one who said: no mortgage, no kids, let's go. Trail Marker was born. Drew's purist instincts (high acid, low alcohol, minimal intervention) come from a winemaker who spent years inside big operations and chose to walk away from all of it.
Wines
Pinot Noir from Quink and Saveria vineyards in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Chardonnay from Manchester Ridge on the Mendocino Coast. Then it gets interesting, Blaufrankisch and Kerner from Mokelumne Glen Vineyard in Lodi, grapes almost nobody else is working with in California. There's a pétillant naturel from the Blaufrankisch that has no business being as good as it is. The "Kid Sister" line offers an entry point, but the single-vineyard bottlings are where the conversation deepens.
At a glance
- Home
- California, Mendocino to Santa Ynez
- Style
- High acid, low alcohol, traditionally made
- The hunt
- Uncommon grapes from uncommon places
- Signatures
- Mokelumne Glen Blaufrankisch and Kerner, Manchester Ridge Chardonnay
- The people
- Emily Virgil and Drew Huffine
Wines in our book
- Kid Sister, Blaufrankisch, Mokelumne Glen Vineyard, Lodi, 2022Red · Lodi (Mokelumne Glen Vineyard) · Blaufränkisch
- Kid Sister, Kerner, Mokelumne Glen Vineyard, Lodi, 2023White · Lodi (Mokelumne Glen Vineyard) · Kerner
- Kid Sister, Pet Nat of Blaufrankisch, Mokelumne Glen Vineyard, Lodi, 2023Red · Lodi (Mokelumne Glen Vineyard) · Blaufränkisch
- Kid Sister, Zweigelt, Mokelumne Glen Vineyard, Lodi, 2022Red · Lodi (Mokelumne Glen Vineyard) · Zweigelt
- Cabernet Sauvignon, Bates Ranch Vyd, Santa Cruz Mountains, 2020Red · Santa Cruz Mountains (Quink Vineyard) · Cabernet Sauvignon
- Chardonnay, Manchester Ridge Vyd, Mendocino Ridge, 2021White · Mendocino Ridge · Chardonnay
- Chardonnay, Quink Vyd, Santa Cruz Mountains, 2021White · Santa Cruz Mountains (Quink Vineyard) · Chardonnay
- Chardonnay, Santa Cruz Mountains, 2022White · Santa Cruz Mountains · Chardonnay
- Gamay, Bay Tree Lane Vyd, Sonoma Coast, 2023Red · Sonoma Coast · Gamay Noir
- Pinot Noir, Quink Vyd, Santa Cruz Mountains, 2021Red · Santa Cruz Mountains (Quink Vineyard) · Pinot Noir
- Pinot Noir, Santa Cruz Mountains, 2023, 2022Red · Santa Cruz Mountains AVA · Pinot Noir
- Pinot Noir, Saveria, Santa Cruz Mountains, 2021Red · Santa Cruz Mountains (Saveria Vineyard) · Pinot Noir
- Trousseau, Russian River Valley, 2023Red · Russia River Valley · Trousseau
More about Trail Marker Wine Co.
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