California

Six Cloves Wines || Sebastopol

Farming Organic

Sonoé Hirobayashi was born and raised in Nagano, Japan where her family fermented miso for generations and her grandfather grew apples. Her turning point exposure to wine took place in New York, where she realized that winemaking had the potential to be a bridge between her family’s culture and business, and her desire to create a new path forward in her adopted country. In 2017, she moved to California to further her study and practice, interning and working with such greats as Ted Lemon, Steve Mathiasson, and Dard and Ribo (Northern Rhône), and graduating from UC Davis alongside Martha Stoumen and Shaunt Ongoulian. (read more)