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Hooker RFC Wines

Premium wines from Knights Valley and Napa Valley

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Tradition, teamwork and heroic tries

There once was a Hooker named Dave,
Who kept his wine in a cave.
It fermented a bit.
Then he let it sit.
Now his wine’s become all the rave!

One of my most cherished childhood memories are the lullabies my father sang to me at bed-time. Not just any lullabies, mind you, but lively songs from his days playing rugby as a hooker for Stanford University. Needless to say, these “lullabies” were very sanitized versions of the notoriously bawdy rugby lyrics.

At college a few years later, a young man with curly blond hair and steely blue eyes caught my attention and stole my heart. One evening I called home to share the news of my budding romance. The announcement went reasonably well until I revealed – with a hint of pride – that my suitor was a stand-out hooker on the Duke Rugby team.

My enthusiasm was met with silence – Pop knew all about rugby players and was quite sure his daughter should not be dating one – much less a hooker. Oblivious, I went on to share that we had just returned from a post-game Rugby party. (For anyone not familiar with post-game rugby festivities, these celebrations would make a Las Vegas after-hours club look like a Presbyterian church social).

Abruptly, with all the till-hell-freezes-over paternal authority my father could muster, he decreed, “You will never, ever see that young man again. No gentleman takes a lady to a Rugby party.” My rugby hooker and I were married for 40 years!

Hooker RFC wines now ship to AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, KS, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, SC, TX, VA, WA, WI, and WY. If your state isn’t listed, check back, as laws regarding shipping wine are changing quickly and our wines may be able to ship to your state soon.

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