Partage Winery

Partage is a boutique family owned and operated Santa Cruz, California wine label founded by Sommelier and Restaurateur Mark Bright, to produce wines in the Santa Cruz Mountains, and more specifically from the Ben Lomond Mountain AVA. Founder Mark Bright is Winemaker, while his wife Tingting Bright provides business management and financial expertise.

Partage means “to share” in French, and that is how Mark created Partage by sharing wine together with his friends.

Mark has traveled to every wine region of the world and become a specialist in the wines from Burgundy, France. He found the micro-climates in the Santa Cruz Mountains to resemble some of the greatest regions of France and was fascinated by the county.

The wines focus on the most interesting plots in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Bald Mountain, a higher elevation site, produces lean and aromatic Chardonnay that then sees Francois Freres Burgundian barrels in the winery to keep the acidity fresh. Another vineyard site is Coast Grade, a limestone based vineyard closest to the ocean, produces fruit driven Pinot Noir with brilliant acidity. Partage also produces wines from the Gabilan Mountains, which holds their own unique qualities. The bottling of Partage are focused on single vineyard expressions and smaller production to extract the purest and highest quality of the harvest.