Vineyard · May 9, 2026
The Impact of Regenerative Farming
We've decided how we're farming, and it changes the answer to most of the questions in earlier posts. Here's the why and the what.
EBULLIENT
The American sparkling house in Missouri.
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We are building the American sparkling house in Missouri, the birthplace of American wine. Méthode traditionnelle wine and cider, made the long way, on a fractured limestone shelf in Western Missouri.
The Place
Western Missouri.
A fractured limestone shelf on an east-northeastern slope in Western Missouri. Hedge buffer on the western flank. Well-draining soils. The same kind of bedrock that gives Burgundy and the Loire their tension.
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The Method
Two fruits, one discipline.
Méthode traditionnelle for both wine and cider. PIWI hybrid grapes in the vineyard, Floreal, Voltis, Itasca. A heritage cider orchard built like a wine, GoldRush, Dabinett, Yarlington Mill, Harrison, Franklin. Simonit & Sirch guyot pruning, regenerative organic farming with sheep and goats. Native ferments, neutral vessels, minimal SO₂, no shortcuts. Time as a tool.
How we make it →From the Journal
Notes from the build.
Method · May 6, 2026
How the House Starts
Ebullient is a sparkling house, not a sparkling wine house. Cider has been the longer endeavor here, and the first release will likely be a méthode ancestrale cider, not a wine. Here is the orchard side, and why it matters that this house starts with apples.
Method · Mar 23, 2026
Ebullient, Our Opportunity in Wine
We are building the American sparkling house in Missouri, the birthplace of American wine, and after a year of soil work, site study, and two decades of planning, here is exactly how we intend to do it.
Be a Part
Help us build the cellar.
A community-funded launch is coming. Founding members will have their names on the cellar wall, name a row, name a barrel, and shape what the first vintage feels like.
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The Founders
A multi-decade family business.
Matthew and Amanda Perez, with their children and a circle of family and local kids, are building a sparkling house designed to outlast them. Quality over quantity. The long way.
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