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A New Chapter for Lock Vineyard

A New Chapter

After more than 25 years, the Lock Vine­yard is begin­ning its next chap­ter! Today, we began the process of replant­i­ng the vine­yard orig­i­nal­ly estab­lished by Pam and Steve Lock in the late 1990s. Replant­i­ng was a vision Steve had for many years, and we’re hon­ored to help car­ry it forward. 

We know these vines mean a great deal to many of you — they do to us as well. They’ve been the foun­da­tion of Écluse for decades. Like all vine­yards, how­ev­er, time takes its toll. After 25+ years, the vines are pro­duc­ing less fruit, and farm­ing them has become increas­ing­ly chal­leng­ing. Replant­i­ng is the nat­ur­al next step to ensure the long-term health and future of the estate and the Ecluse brand.

Resting and Rebuilding

Over the next two years, the vine­yard will rest as we rebuild and regen­er­ate the soil with com­post and cov­er crops. New vines will fol­low-plant­ed with thought­ful­ness from all we’ve learned over the past 30 years, includ­ing improved spac­ing, mod­ern root­stocks and irri­ga­tion, and a con­tin­ued focus on Caber­net
Sauvi­gnon, Syrah, and the Bor­deaux vari­eties you know and love.

As we look ahead, sus­tain­abil­i­ty remains at the core of what we do. Thibido Vine­yard is CCOF Cer­ti­fied Organ­ic, and Lock Vine­yard is now
on that same path, with cer­ti­fi­ca­tion under­way. Most impor­tant­ly, Écluse wines will con­tin­ue unin­ter­rupt­ed in the same style you’ve always enjoyed, con­tin­u­ing to source fruit from the same trust­ed Paso Rob­les vine­yards we’ve always worked with. 

Come See What’s Taking Root

In the win­ery, Antho­ny is still mak­ing the same great Ecluse wine you know and love. We’re pour­ing and aging wines in bar­rel from sev­er­al vin­tages of the Lock Vine­yard and we look for­ward to shar­ing them with you on your next visit! 

We invite you to vis­it us and see the excit­ing trans­for­ma­tion in progress. It’s a rare and mean­ing­ful moment to wit­ness a vine­yard begin again, and we’re grate­ful to have you with us on this journey.