Avi Deixler will readily tell you that he doesn’t know how to make wine. “Pretty much I use intuition and hard work,” said Mr. Deixler, owner and cellar master of Absentee Winery, which is located inside the former Gallagher Dairy on Point Reyes-Petaluma Road. Where milk once flowed, wine now ferments in barrels that Mr. Deixler—whose casual manner belies the winemaking experience under his belt—hollowed out himself.
A San Anselmo native who spent his high…