Beckstoffer Melrose Vineyard, Napa Valley $40 (Wine Club Reorder Price: $36) Established in 2014 by three partners: Ellie Anest, Carol Vassilliadis, and Aureilen Roulin, this wine project is off to an impressive start with veteran winemaker Kirk Venge at the helm. The three partners met by accident (or maybe it was fate) when they gotContinue reading “Eleven Eleven Sauvignon Blanc 2020”
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Cotiere “Derive” Red Blend 2017
Napa Valley$50 (Wine Club Reorder Price: $45) A New World wine with an homage to its Old World origins, Cotiere is a low-production, one-man winery that is the realiation of owner Kevin Law’s dream that began with his college wine epiphany. He produces small amounts of wine from about twenty-four dierent vineyards in Santa BarbaraContinue reading “Cotiere “Derive” Red Blend 2017″
Kirchho Chenin Blanc 2020
Clarksburg AVA$29 (Wine Club Reorder Price: $26 “Most already know Clayton Kirchoff from his day job as winemaker for Hudson Vineyards. His private family label has remained under-the-radar and mailing list only until now.” The Kirchhoff family lives and farms south of Clarksburg, CA, on the Sacramento River Delta. The fertile soils and warm daysContinue reading “Kirchho Chenin Blanc 2020”
Sixteen by Twenty Chardonnay 2017
Sonoma Coast$45 (Wine Club Reorder $36) Sixteen by Twenty Wines (16×20) was founded by artist and now self-taught viticulturist David Dunphy with the first vintage dating from 2005. David and his wife Karen are from Minnesota but fell in love with Napa after learning of its greatness after the Judgement of Paris. They used toContinue reading “Sixteen by Twenty Chardonnay 2017”
Weatherborne Pinot Noir 2015
Sta. Rita Hills$40 (Wine Club Reorder Price: $35) Chris Carter was born to be a winemaker. Wine isn’t his second career. It’s not his hobby. He didn’t make money in tech or as a hedge fund investor. Winemaking is what he was meant to do. It’s his profession. He went to UC Davis at ageContinue reading “Weatherborne Pinot Noir 2015”
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