Lazy Creek Vineyards sold

The owners of Ferrari-Carano winery have purchased a small winery in Mendocino County’s Anderson Valley.

CLAY McLACHLAN/The Press Democrat Lazy Creek Winery owners Mary Beth Chandler, right, and her husband, Josh, prune pinot noir vines at their vineyard in 2000. Their 5-month-old son, Grey, sits in a front pack with Josh Chandler.Don and Rhonda Carano acquired Lazy Creek Vineyards earlier this month for an undisclosed sum.

The Philo winery makes about 3,000 cases of cool-climate pinot noir, chardonnay and gewurztraminer. Constructed in 1973, the winery sits on a 90-acre ranch planted with about 40 acres of organically farmed vineyards, Rhonda Carano said. It will continue to be run as a separate facility.

“We really want to honor the beautiful wines that have been crafted there,” she said.

Ferrari-Carano already makes a few wines from the Anderson Valley, off its Sky High Ranch vineyard. Those wines will continue to be been made at its Dry Creek Valley facility.

Lazy Creek owners Josh and Mary Beth Chandler purchased the winery in 1999 from Swiss native Hans Kobler.