ABOUT OUR WINES

Wine is first and foremost, for me, a beverage that makes food more mouth-watering, and becomes more luscious in turn with each bite you take. It doesn’t need to be a scene-stealer or the most boisterous character in the crowd. But long after the room empties, the best ones to me ideally linger longest in memory, bring a private smile, and are worth all the effort that goes into perfecting them.

Great wines begin with great fruit. If it isn’t in the grapes, it won’t be in the wine, no matter how much alchemy you try to perform by way of additions and manipulations. That’s why for my '07 Segue Filigreen Vineyard I was delighted to come across Chris & Stephanie Tebbutt’s Biodynamic Filigreen Vineyard in Anderson Valley, Mendocino. Biodynamic is a rigorous extension of organic farming. It depends on nature’s cycles, rich compost, and maybe a touch of divine inspiration. Vines and grape clusters love it. Free from any synthetic chemicals, the purity of that intensely juicy fruit just about shimmers with berry, loam and spice flavors in the glass. I take special pride in discovering the Tebbutt’s vineyard and in producing the first and only Pinot Noir release exclusively from it.

150 cases.

My '07 Russian River Blend in depth and smoothness resembles my first release in ’05. To achieve the same balance , I tasted wines from more than more than two dozen Russian River vineyards, and selected three whose soft tannins , layers of dark fruit and bright acidity dance together across the palate and down the hatch.

Salute´! 100 cases.