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Wine

Human. Nature. Hope Well.

Hope Well wine is the alchemy between the natural world, my deep love for this ground and the unsung heroes whose strong hands, hearts and minds have helped me make it.

The landscape knows everything I want to learn in this life. Wine, for me, offers a different dimension of communication with my teacher and mentor, this place. The wordless communication of so many days and lessons culminates at harvest, and you are allowed communion and conversation.

October 1, 2023

Friends,

The most improbable story of 2022 was that there was any fruit at all in my newly grafted postage stamp vineyard. Against all odds, in the last days of October 2022 we brought in three boxes of fruit. Two red, one white. Two Pinot, one Chenin.

Given how little we had, we tucked into one fermenter, layering the Chenin in between tiers of Pinot noir, lightly treaded. After four days, we went to the press and gently squeezed out four barrels worth of currant-colored juice. The aromas were stunning from day one, and by February the most improbable union was ready. 155 six-packs were bottled on Saint Valentine’s Day, 2023.

Please join me in welcoming the 2022 Improbable Rosé Noir, a love letter to the future of Hope Well.

~ Mimi

All current wines are available for purchase here.
Information about previous vintages of Hope Well wines is available here.

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All “Letters from the Edge”

  • Can Biodiversity Create Terroir: A Conversation With Mimi Casteel November 5, 2023
  • What if things get better? October 25, 2023
  • A Drink from the Well of Improbable Hope September 30, 2023
  • Blush and the Bovine – A tale of two deaths and eternal life June 13, 2023
  • “Is this thing on?” In which Mimi gets a Microphone November 23, 2022
  • new Hope Well, and new wines! October 15, 2022
  • Bated Breath – Vendange 2021 June 5, 2022
  • New Release 2021 wines from Hope Well June 1, 2022
  • Trees in Viticulture? Podcast with Mimi Casteel May 19, 2022
  • Mimi Casteel Revisited – Is Wine Big Enough, Organic Wine Podcast March 13, 2022
  • Silver Linings January 19, 2022
  • The Nitty Gritty on No-Till December 2, 2021
  • No Time Left October 8, 2021
  • Hope Well Journey July 9, 2021
  • Seeking an Optimum and Never a Maximum – Slow Wine Manifesto March 25, 2021
  • The Regenerate Forum: Regenerative Methods in Viticulture January 20, 2021
  • Outcasts January 4, 2021
  • “Controversial and even Incendiary” Interview with Organic Wine Podcast October 12, 2020
  • Vendange 2020: The Hardest Lessons Yet September 7, 2020
  • Mimi Casteel of Hope Well Wine in Oregon is Crusading for Regenerative Agriculture September 5, 2020
  • NYT: “From Good Wine, a Direct Path to the Wonders of Nature” July 23, 2020
  • Mimi interviewed by Levi Dalton on “I’ll Drink to That!” February 6, 2020
  • Tractor Time Podcast: Mimi Casteel on Regenerative Wine February 5, 2020
  • Mimi Casteel: Imbibe 75 2020 Wine Person of the Year January 22, 2020
  • Who’s Really Trampling out the Vintage? November 27, 2019
  • In Oregon Wine Country, One Farmer’s Battle to Save the Soil October 30, 2019
  • Mimi Casteel Is Betting the Farm August 23, 2019
  • An urgent conversation about the power of regenerative agriculture June 18, 2019
  • An Earth Day Letter to my Friends, for my Friends April 22, 2019
  • Over the Moon: Contemporary Biodynamics & Beyond April 10, 2019

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