Sean Capiaux started his winery in 1994 and has been making benchmark Pinot ever since. His Chimera cuvee is made primarily from Russian River Valley fruit supplemented with 10% Santa Lucia Highlands Pinot. The blend is aged for... Read More
There's nothing more challenging than finding a varietally correct mid-priced California Pinot Noir. Many are too fruity, oaky, or atypical, but David Gordon, wine director at Manhattan's Tribeca Grill, works with only... Read More
Long Meadow Ranch produces its Bordelaise wine varietals down in Rutherford, Napa Valley, while the Burgundian grapes hail from Anderson Valley, Mendocino County, just north of Sonoma. As one of California's coldest AVAs,... Read More
In the late 1990s, Nick and Andy Peay and Nick's wife, Vanessa Wong, were looking for an undiscovered wine-making spot. They finally settled in a remote part of the newer AVA known as Sonoma Coast, an hour north of San Francisco... Read More
In the late 1990s, Nick and Andy Peay and Nick's wife, Vanessa Wong, were looking for an undiscovered wine-making spot. They finally settled in a remote part of the newer AVA known as Sonoma Coast, an hour north of San Francisco... Read More
On a hilltop overlooking the San Rafael mountains and the Pacific Ocean, Presquile makes cool-climate Central Coast wines more evocative of Burgundy than California. Nevertheless, there is still plenty of New World stuffing in... Read More
Scar of the Sea winery gets its name from the influence of the Pacific ocean, located 10 minutes away by car. Pinot Noir for Vino de Los Ranchos comes from Rancho Ontiveros and Rancho Vinedo vineyards in Santa Maria, about 30... Read More
One of our favorite high-end distributors has taken on this massive challenge of sourcing out fruit from their secret contacts in California, working with select winemakers, and sniffing out the best deals in grapes and juice... Read More
