The name "Cork Dancer" was chosen by winemaker Gray Hartley, who has been a salmon fisherman in Alaska for 25 years, as a metaphor for the salmon jumping over the nets with cork floats attached to them. Gray now makes wine with Frank Ostini. They hope that when you open this wine, it will dance for you just as the salmon jumping over the nets entertained the fishermen. The name "Cork Dancer" was chosen by winemaker Gray Hartley, who has been a salmon fisherman in Alaska for 25 years, as a metaphor for the salmon jumping over the nets with cork floats attached to them. Gray now makes wine with Frank Ostini. They hope that when you open this wine, it will dance for you just as the salmon jumping over the nets entertained the fishermen. This wine is a blend of wines from Santa Rita Hills, which has a cool marine climate influence, and Santa Maria vineyards. Restaurant owner and chef Frank Ostini and his best friend Gray Hartley, a former Alaskan fisherman, started a winery called "Hartley Ostini Hitching Post Wines." Their first vintage was made at home in 1979. They made their first Pinot Noir in 1981, and their first wine under the name Hitching Post in 1984. Their most prestigious wine, "Highliner," was given to Gray Hartley after his 28 years of service as a fisherman, as an honor given to outstanding fishermen in the Alaska Salmon Fisheries Association fleet. The two gave the same honor to "Hitching Post Pinot Noir," the best of the Pinot Noir fleet. The movie "Sideways," released in the United States in 2004, won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and became so popular that a remake with a Japanese cast was later released. The movie is about the protagonist Miles, who loves Pinot Noir and hates Merlot, going on a tour of wineries in Santa Barbara with his friends, and the setting is the restaurant "Hitching Post II". Miles' famous line in the movie "I am NOT drinking any fxxking Merlot!" became a hot topic, and it became a social phenomenon that ordinary consumers who were influenced by the movie stopped buying Merlot at wine shops and restaurants. This movie caused an unprecedented Pinot Noir boom in the United States, and Pinot Noir from not only the Santa Barbara region but all over California attracted attention from all over the world, and it was sold out. Hitching Post Winery's winemaking is done by the co-owners Frank and Gray, and Gray's son, and even now, despite its popularity, they continue to produce traditional handmade wine. "Cork Dancer" was named after the salmon that jump over the nets with cork floats attached to them. It was named by winemaker Gray Hartley, who has been a salmon fisherman in Alaska for 25 years. Gray now makes wine with Frank Ostini. They hope that when you open this wine, it will dance for you, just as the salmon jumping up entertained the fishermen. The number "xx.1" on the label means - "x" is the x of the 20xx vintage, and ".1" is the first of several bottlings. Frank and Gray's goal is to create a balanced and elegant wine that expresses many flavors.