Hobo Wine Camp is the brainchild of Kenny Likitprakong created in 2011 with the idea to showcase the quality and diversity of Sonoma’s wine scene. Working closely with top growers often from lesser-known vineyards he produces some of the most approachable, accessible and in terms of Californian, stupidly affordable wine. A self-confessed surf bum, and avid skateboarder he studied winemaking at UC Davis (mainly for the surfing) and later cut his teeth working and traveling from place to place, winery to winery throughout Sonoma and abroad – the ‘Hobo’ moniker was born.
While he has moved away from sleeping on beaches while drinking cheap Bordeaux, he continues to employ that formative winemaking philosophy preferring the flexibility to pick and choose grape type, vineyard, appellation, and winery on an ongoing basis. No easy feat when you consider the spread of 42 vineyards or so Kenny works with span over 240 miles from his most southerly parcels in Arroyo Seco to his most northerly vineyards in Redwood Valley with vineyards as far east as Clarkssberg, over 60 miles from his Santa Rosa winery.
We love what Kenny is doing and we are super excited to have him in Australia to showcase some of his latest releases and some of his classic Cali fair. We have nabbed him for a couple of hours in between surfing the best of Victorias breaks where he will be pouring and chatting all things Hobo Wine Co.
This will be a super relaxed and fun tasting with one of the nicest and most thoughtful winemakers you are likely to meet.
