A rosé of 100% Pinot Noir from the South and Lower Blocks (1/2 acre parcels) of the Beinstock`s Home Vineyard in North Yuba. These extremely low yielding Pinot Noir vines produce a concentrated and age-worthy rosé at very low alcohol levels (9.1% abv).

One part each of Grenache, Tempranillo, and Mourvedre, and one-half part Graciano.  Notes from Steve: I’d been hearing really great things about a vineyard in the Sutter Creek area in Amador County, called Shake Ridge, owned and farmed by Ann Kraemer, whose work had long been acclaimed by vintners...

A blend of 75% Vermentino and 25% Grenache Blanc from Fenaughty Vineyard; a high-elevation site (2,800 ft) on volcanic loam soils, located above the gold rush town of Placerville in the Sierra Foothills. The fruit was picked together and whole cluster pressed into tanks for fermentation. Malolactic...

Cinsault~Carignan from Preston Vineyards in the Dry Creek Valley AVA of Sonoma County. This organically farmed site is noteworthy for it's 85+ year-old Carignan (and Zin!) plantings on well draining, gravelly soils. The Cinsault block dates to the mid to late 1980's. The fruit is foot stomped and...

The 2021 Radiolaria Chardonnay is the first estate Chardonnay from Faîte De Mer Farm. Radiolaria Chardonnay is composed of three blocks from three different soils types, planted to Dijon 548, Wente and Dijon 76. The soils are of ancient ocean floor sedimentary origins, which contain deep sea bed...

100% Chardonnay from the Santa Rita Hills Appellation in Santa Barbara County. The fruit is organically farmed from 12 acres planted on calcareous limestone soils. The wine was barrel fermented in neutral burgundy barrels with ambient yeasts before racking portions to larger format foudre and...

Planted at 2100 feet in volcanic soils way up on Mount Veeder, Sky makes a Zinfandel like no other. Spicy, wild, and balanced, it has nothing to do with the jammy Zinfandels that California has been known for. Ageworthy and expressive, they perfectly reflect this special terroir.  Hand-harvested,...

"Last year we released our last Cab produced on Old Hill Ranch because the vines had succumbed to phylloxera. This year we are thrilled to release our first cab from our neighbors and good friends at Bedrock Vineyard. For comparison sake, I would typically describe the Old Hill cabs as lean and...

100% Albariño from the Terra Alta vineyard in Clements Hills - Lodi. The vines are planted on sandy clay loam soils, with the grapes retaining great acidity from wide diurnal shifts in the area - the valley pulls cool air from the San Francisco Bay, bringing down the temperatures at night during...

Quail Run is equal parts Cinsault and Counoise from Naggiar Vineyard in Grass Valley, Sierra Foothills. Aaron and Cara Mockrish farm 12-acres of this site, where the vines are planted on rolling hills rather than the steep rocky slopes of North Yuba, resulting in less tannic structure and an...

Chardonnay from the benchlands of White Rock’s estate vineyard. Aged on the lees for 11 months in 100% neutral French oak, the wine underwent 10% malolactic fermentation.