[1][2] Blackbird Vineyards creates wines inspired by the Pomerol area of France.

[6] Blackbird Vineyards partnered with country singer Martina McBride to release a wine in 2009.

[7][8] The company opened a winery in Napa in 2018 to serve its own production facility and a custom crush.

[9] In 2019, John and Julia Hinshaw, investors in Blackbird, purchased a controlling stake of the business and buying out Polenske.

Hughes had designed logos for other companies such as French Laundry and the Sundance Film Festival.

[1] The first bottling under the Blackbird Vineyard label was a 2003 Merlot, made by Sarah Gott.

[1] Materials discarded from harvesting and winemaking, such as stems and vegetation, are made into compost and used in the vineyards.

[1][15] The Merlot used in Blackbirds' wines comes primarily from their estate vineyard in the Oak Knoll District.

[16][17] It pulls inspiration from the gypsies that winemaker Aaron Pott interacted with when living in the Saint-Émilion area of France.

The label features nine blackbirds on a telephone wire in the position of the starting notes the Beatles' song.

It's harvested in the autumn and released two years later after being aged in half-seasoned and half-new French Oak barrels for 21 months.

Like other wines under the Blackbird label, it is aged for 21 months in French oak barrels that are majority new and only 25 percent seasoned.