The first working season in Brooklyn Reach.
Working since 2018
What the water moved and the family kept.
Highwater was named after the mark still visible on the pump-house wall, left by the spring flood of 2016.
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Independent since 2018
What the water moved and the family kept.
Highwater was named after the mark still visible on the pump-house wall, left by the spring flood of 2016.
The family moved the cellar uphill, replanted with deeper-rooted material, and kept the old room as a private tasting library.
“Resilience should taste alive, not armored. The wine still needs lift.”
The cellar moved to smaller lots and slower decisions.
Direct releases began with one shared table.
The current chapter opened around place, craft, and welcome.
Farmer and winemaker
Iris Vale
Iris rebuilt the lower vineyard after two floods, shifting rows uphill and turning the old pump house into a warm, compact cellar.
Meet the team