ABOUT
ULLAGE (UH-LIDJ) IS THE AMOUNT BY WHICH A CONTAINER FALLS SHORT OF BEING FILLED TO THE TOP. OR, AS WE EXPLAIN TO MOST PEOPLE QUITE SIMPLY, IT’S THE ‘ SPACE BETWEEN’ THE WINE AND THE CORK.
ULLAGE AS YOU’VE NOTICED BY NOW IS ALSO THE NAME OF THIS SMALL CRAFT PRODUCTION WINE BRAND WHICH IS OPERATED BY WIFE & HUSBAND MINNESOTA TRANSPLANTS, MOLLY FEENEY-KOCHEVAR & PAUL KOCHEVAR.
RETIRED PROFESSIONAL FITNESS TRAINER, PAUL KOCHEVAR WAS FRESH OFF OF THE UC DAVIS CAMPUS IN 2016 FROM STUDYING WINE MAKING, AND HE WAS EAGER TO GET TO WORK IN ANY CAPACITY TO LEARN THE BIZ. THE NOW CURRENT DAY ASSISTANT WINEMAKER FOR DUTCHER CROSSING, PAUL, CUT HIS TEETH WORKING WITH LOCAL WINEMAKER, JAMES MCPHAIL, IN WEST SONOMA COUNTY.
ALSO EAGER TO GET INTO THE BIZ WIFE, MOLLY, (AKA – MAGS), A RETIRED PROFESSIONAL DOG TRAINER JUMPED IN HEAD FIRST INTO ALL THING WINE. IT TOOK ALL OF ONE, MAYBE TWO, SECONDS FOR MOLLY TO DOMINATE WINE HOSPITALITY AND MAKE LIFELONG FRIENDS WITH EVERY LAST SOUL (HUMAN OR CANINE) IN SONOMA COUNTY. WITH THIS SET OF NATURAL BORN SKILLS, IT’S NO WONDER TO ANYONE THAT MOLLY HOLDS POST AS THE CONCIERGE FOR THE 3 STAR MICHELIN RESTAURANT/HOTEL, SINGLE THREAD.
PHILOSOPHY
WE FIND PLEASURE IN THE NATURAL AND THE LESS THAN NATURAL. THE OLD AND THE NEW. WE LIKE TO PLAY IN THAT FUN WEIRD AWKWARD SPACE BETWEEN ALL OF THE ‘STRUCTURAL’ BINARY THINGS AND DOGMATIC VISIONS. WE ARE ALWAYS EXCITED AND OPEN TO CHANGE AND MOVEMENT. NEVER STILL, AND NEVER BORED. ALWAYS LETTING THINGS BE WHAT THEY WISH TO BE.