While the winery is named after "caduceus", an ancient symbol for commerce and staff of the Greek god Hermes and the universal symbol for the medical sciences, the vineyard is named Merkin Vineyards, after a pubic wig (merkin).
The winery is named after "caduceus", an ancient symbol for commerce and staff of the Greek god Hermes and the universal symbol for the medical sciences. The vineyard is named Merkin Vineyards. This was after a pubic wig (merkin).