Willow Creek Vineyard

Willow Creek is the vineyard at the heart of Jackalope Hotel and the source of the fruit for Rare Hare's cellar door and Doot Doot Doot's wine list. The estate is a working single-site program, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and a short experimental range, and, despite the hotel wrapping the whole property in a design-hotel identity, the winemaking has maintained its own editorial voice.

You taste Willow Creek most directly at Rare Hare, which runs the blend-your-own experience from the vineyard's own fruit, or you encounter the wines through the Doot Doot Doot matched pairing at dinner. The vineyard walk itself, between the two, is one of the most quietly beautiful routes on the Merricks North side of the Peninsula.

Best encountered as part of a Jackalope day: cellar door at Rare Hare in the late morning, a vineyard walk, lunch on the lawn, and Doot Doot Doot at night.