Thacher

Thacher is a family owned and operated boutique winery located on the historic Kentucky Ranch in Paso Robles. They craft unique, elegant and food-friendly wines that purely express the terroirs farmed throughout the Central Coast, including two estate vineyards in the Adelaida District AVA and Willow Creek AVA. Winemaker Sherman Thacher and his wife Michelle live and raise their kids (and dogs and an array of farm animals) at the Kentucky Ranch. Sherman grew up on a citrus orchard in Ventura County. He earned a degree at the University of California Davis. In his first career, Sherman was an award-winning Brewmaster at Los Gatos Brewing for 14 years. Sherman began experimenting with winemaking in the early 1990s and his first vintage dates to 1993. He brought in his first Paso Robles grapes in 1995. Thacher Winery and their tasting room opened in 2008.The team at Thacher doesn’t believe in adding yeast, water, acid, bacteria, enzymes, or nutrients and use the least amount of SO2 possible. While they have a core set of wines, they are always expanding their portfolio by working with new varieties and select vineyard sites. They are constantly experimenting with various winemaking techniques, from pick timing to their approach in the cellar. The goal is to create complex yet approachable Old World-style wines that they want to drink at their table. Many of Thacher’s wine names are oxymorons by design. The grasshopper logo is part of the Thacher family crest as Sherman’s ancestors were roof thatchers in England. The straw for the thatched roofs is a common place for grasshoppers to live.