Founded in 2003 by Harald Thiel and family, Hidden Bench is a quality driven, terroir based winer whose varietal focus is pinot noir, chardonnay and riesling. In addition we also produce limited quantities of a white meritage, nuit blanche, and two distinct red blends, terroir cache, and the super premium la brunante. Our 2005 production was approximately 3,000 cases and we anticipate that total production and sold the unfinished wine as we did not believe that the wines merited the hidden bench name. more... See more text