When the McCall family set out to
create a permanent home for the
production of their award winning
wines, they looked to DFA to design
a winery and event space that paid
homage to the historical vernacular of
the region and landscape. Our studio
proposed a scheme for a multi-phased
project, consisting of 3 separate
elements: a wine storage facility, and
special events space, and the distillery
itself. The campus deploys architecture
that is in keeping with local traditions,
with a focus on shingles, wood,
and stone, but executed through a
contemporary and structured design.
The wine production and storage
buildings are sunken into the rolling
landscape on the property, capped
with a dormer shaped building above
grade, bisected down its center and
open to a delivery roadway below. The
property’s event space is located on a
nearby butte, and its principal vantage
point looking out over the rows of
vines, and also creating a private
amphitheatre amidst the various
buildings.