Dancing Hares Vineyard is an artisanal, luxury wine enterprise started in the late 1990s by Bob Cook, a technology entrepreneur, and his wife Paul Brooks, also a technology executive. The couple purchased a 31-acre hillside estate below Howell Mountain and hired top talent to tend to the five acres of vineyards and the winemaking. Andy Erickson, whose resume includes winemaking at Screaming Eagle, Harlan, Ovid and numerous other prestigious Napa estates, is winemaker. French winemaking consultant Michel Rolland is also involved. Dancing Hares makes a limited quantity of Cabernet Sauvignon-based blends. The first release was the 2004 vintage, and the wines have received excellent reviews. The wines are generally available only through the estate’s mailing list.