Created in 2005 by John Raytek, Ceritas is one of California’s most exciting producers. The project is focused on making single-site wines from Northern California’s coastal regions, largely Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.
John Raytek established Ceritas with his wife and partner Phoebe Bass (whose family farm the Porter-Bass vineyard). Raytek has a background that includes working at various prestigious estates, including Copain and Rhys. Together they make tiny volumes of elegant, cool-climate, terroir-driven Pinot Noir and Chardonnay (as well as a little Cabernet Sauvignon) from coastal areas of Northern Califronia – in particular the Sonoma Coast, Santa Cruz Mountains and Mendocino.