50% Frappato/50% Nero d'Avola. Grotte Alte is Arianna's only DOCG wine, in this case Vittoria's most famous, Cerasuolo di Vittoria, a blend of the best native varietals, Nero d'Avola and Frappato. "Grotte Alte" is named for the limestone ridges on which the Occhipinti estate lies, straddling and...

70% Teroldego/15% Schiava/10% Lagrein/5% Merlot. Lezèr ("light" in local dialect) was a new wine born of the challenging 2017 vintage, when Foradori's Teroldego crop was roughed up by a summer hailstorm. The remains were turned into this short-maceration red wine, named for its light color and body...

Grenache 55%, Merlot 45% from Renaissance Vineyard in North Yuba. All whole-cluster, co-fermented and matured in neutral barrels before bottling.

Mourvedre (69%), Counoise (16%), and Grenache (15%). The Mourvedre was picked early in the Caldor fire saga, and was lightly pressed at Cedarville Vineyard and fermented in tank as Hank and Caro had been evacuated and had no access to their property (or power!). After the danger had passed, a week...

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...

Soil: Clay and bedrock (reminiscent of schist, shale, granite) Farming: Organic and biodynamic Vinification: 3-4 day cold soak in naturally temperature controlled tanks. Open top bin fermentation, 1/3 whole cluster, with native yeasts. Aging: 11 months in 228L French oak (25% new)

100% Gamay. From 50-year-old vines on heavy clay soils with relatively little granite and quite a lot of the iron-like mineral manganese. The farming is sustainable. All vineyard work is by hand; the soils are worked only superficially, at most twice per year, to protect the roots of these old...

Mr. Tomato Man! 85% Sangiovese and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, sourced from Tuscan vineyards. Pizza wine unparalleled. Spaghetti wine sine qua non. Caprese wine capo di capi tutti. With its enticing black fruit aroma and luscious mouthfeel, this is about the most fun you can have with a bottle of wine...

100% Negramoll, macerated at low temperature before fermentation; aged six months in French oak barrels. This grape is universally described by our winemakers as "the Pinot Noir" of the Canary Islands, deep cherry color, with aromas of red berries and toffee. Soft, polished tannins make this an...