Fair Play, California
Small-lot wine, hand-grown by one woman.
Polynesian Girl Winery. Bud to bottle on our Apetahi estate in the Sierra foothills.
Fair Play, California
Polynesian Girl Winery. Bud to bottle on our Apetahi estate in the Sierra foothills.
Visit the tasting room
Walk in during posted hours. Groups of six or more, call ahead.
The name
Our vineyard is called Apetahi, after a flower that only grows on Raiatea — the island where Tatiana was born. It survives only where the soil is difficult.
When we found our land — sandy loam soil over granite, 100-degree days, 45-degree nights — the name fit. Every vine is pruned by hand. The grapes are picked by our family in September. No herbicides, no pesticides. Ever.
Tatiana calls it island farming. What you put into the land, the land gives back. Clean farming makes clean wine.
What we’re pouring
97-point lineage
Same vines, same hands as the 2016 Reserve that took first place at the International Women’s Wine & Spirits Competition.
Italian grape, California hillside
Almost nobody grows it here. It found its climate in our foothills. Bright, dark cherry, a little herbal from the granite.
Estate Grenache
Pale, dry, a little strawberry, a little grapefruit. Patio wine that pairs with food better than most people expect.
The tasting room
The tasting room is casual — dark wood floors, wicker, Polynesian music playing quietly.
Tatiana brings Tahitian pearls over from home and designs each piece herself. We use the jewelry cases as pour surfaces, so you can taste wine and look at pearls in the same moment.
Most weekends, Tatiana is the one pouring.
Worth the drive
Fair Play has about twenty small family-run wineries. Almost nobody outside the foothills knows about it — that’s half the appeal. Pick your city below for drive time and what to expect.