No Girls

No Girls was founded in 2008 and is one of the five brands of Bionic Wines, the umbrella for Christophe Baron's projects, together with Cayuse Vineyards, Horsepower Vineyards, Hors Catégorie Vineyards and Champagne Christophe Baron. The name is a nod to the history of the city of Walla Walla, where bordellos operated in the growing community and later closed. In 2002 Baron purchased a downtown building that had once housed such a bordello. At the top of a flight of stairs, the words "No Girls" were still visible where they had been painted on a wall sometime in the 1960s, and the wine label is an actual photograph. The estate presents the brand as a celebration of "the belief that empowered women create empowered wine," and of the talented and independent women of the profession.

• 2002: Christophe Baron purchased the downtown Walla Walla building that had once housed a bordello.
• 2008: No Girls founded; first vintage.
• The wine label is an actual photograph.

Elizabeth Bourcier began working as a laboratory technician at Cayuse Vineyards in 2008 and co-produced No Girls from its first vintage that year. In 2010 Baron promoted her to assistant vigneronne, and she also took primary responsibility as vigneronne for the No Girls brand. Bourcier assumed primary responsibilities for all of the Bionic Wines in 2017, and in December 2021 she was promoted to resident vigneronne for all of the estate's Walla Walla Valley brands. In November 2024 Bionic Wines named Karin Gasparotti resident vigneronne, taking over from Bourcier. Gasparotti joined Bionic Wines in 2021 as assistant vigneronne and is in charge of a collection of wines that includes Cayuse Vineyards, Horsepower Vineyards, No Girls and Hors Catégorie. Baron continues to oversee the portfolio and to focus on his Champagne label, Champagne Christophe Baron. The No Girls site names Gasparotti, as resident vigneronne, as the maker of the wines.

• Christophe Baron: founder and vigneron of Bionic Wines; oversees the portfolio (as of November 2024).
• Elizabeth Bourcier: co-produced No Girls from 2008; primary responsibility for the brand from 2010; resident vigneronne for the Walla Walla Valley brands from December 2021 until November 2024.
• Karin Gasparotti: assistant vigneronne from 2021; resident vigneronne at Bionic Wines since November 2024.

The grapes come from the La Paciencia Vineyard, whose name means patience in Spanish, a reference to the ten years the project took to come about. The estate vineyard is the heart of No Girls: Grenache, Syrah and Tempranillo are farmed there using biodynamic methods, with vines spaced 6' x 4' at a density of 1,815 vines per acre. The vines are tightly spaced and planted on an angle in what the estate calls the Stones of the Walla Walla Valley, the name Baron and Bourcier use for the Rocks District. Bionic Wines is located on the Oregon side of the Walla Walla Valley. The Rocks District of Milton-Freewater lies wholly within both the Walla Walla Valley and Columbia Valley AVAs in northeastern Oregon. Its soils consist of pebbles and cobbles of basalt in a matrix of sand and silt, are extremely well drained and encourage vines to root deeply.

• Varieties: Grenache, Syrah and Tempranillo, farmed using biodynamic methods.
• Spacing 6' x 4'; density 1,815 vines per acre.
• Production: 1,700 cases.

The No Girls wines include Grenache La Paciencia Vineyard and Syrah La Paciencia Vineyard, both produced since 2008. No Girls Tempranillo has been produced since 2012, and No Girls Double Lucky #8 since 2017.

• Grenache La Paciencia Vineyard: produced 2008 to present.
• Syrah La Paciencia Vineyard: produced 2008 to present.
• No Girls Tempranillo: produced 2012 to present.
• No Girls Double Lucky #8: produced 2017 to present.

In the estate's own words, the tightly spaced, angled vines give No Girls "a personality all its own, and the wines are focused and pure," with food-friendly wines that "reflect finesse, elegance, charm, and character." The estate advises that the wines can mature for eight to fifteen years depending on storage conditions, are best enjoyed after at least four to five years of bottle aging, and benefit from decanting; wines up to 10 years old should be decanted an hour or two in advance.

• Cellaring: eight to fifteen years, depending on storage conditions.
• Best after at least four to five years of bottle aging; storage on their sides in a dark place at 55 degrees.

The wines are sold through a mailing list. Buyers sign up for a wait list and are added to the mailing list as each vintage allows.

Primary sources (producer's own sites): https://nogirlswine.com/nogirls/, https://nogirlswine.com/nogirls/About.aspx, https://nogirlswine.com/nogirls/Wines.aspx, https://nogirlswine.com/nogirls/WinesGrenache.aspx, https://nogirlswine.com/nogirls/WinesFAQ.aspx, https://bionicwines.com/story, https://bionicwines.com/wines, https://nogirlswine.com/nogirls/WinesSyrah.aspx, https://nogirlswine.com/nogirls/WinesTempranillo.aspx, https://nogirlswine.com/nogirls/winesDoubleLucky.aspx. Secondary sources: Northwest Wine Report (Sean P. Sullivan, 15 December 2021 and 7 November 2024): https://www.northwestwinereport.com/2024/11/karin-gasparotti-named-resident-vigneronne-at-bionic-wines.html, https://www.northwestwinereport.com/2021/12/elizabeth-bourcier-appointed-resident.html; Oregon Wine Board: https://www.oregonwine.org/regions/walla-walla-valley/rocks-district-of-milton-freewater-ava/. Last verified 2026-10-18. Where the producer's site and a secondary source disagree, the producer's site governs; the site spells the resident vigneronne's first name Karen, while the Northwest Wine Report announcement spells it Karin.