100% Malbec from Serpiente, a 47-acre vineyard planted in 2001 at 3,200 feet altitude in Agrelo. The soils here are red clay; the vines are farmed sustainably. The fruit is destemmed, then vinified with native yeasts over 40 days. Aged for 8 months, 40% in new French oak. The wine is dark, with...

Thirty-two percent Mourvèdre, twenty-eight percent Grenache, twenty-six percent Graciano and fourteen percent Tempranillo. Shake Ridge Ranch, in Amador County, was planted and is farmed by Ann Kraemer, a veteran of many years of vineyard management, including numerous Napa Valley sites. The...

Fifty-two percent old-vine Carignan, forty percent Syrah, five percent Cabernet Sauvignon, three percent Semillon. Crushed by foot and fermented whole-cluster.  120 cases produced. 

A half-n-half blend of Malvasía Aromatica and Marmajuelo. The Malvasía is raised in stainless; the Marmajuelo is raised in French oak for five months. This blend embodies the tropical and volcanic minerality of the Valle de la Orotava zone of Tenerife. THe goal of the “Paisaje de las Islas” project...

Johan Vineyard is located in the new Van Duzer Corridor AVA. The vines are planted on ancient marine sediment, is dry farmed and has been certified biodynamic since 2010.  Ross on the name of the wine: I felt it necessary to discuss why this wine is called 'Scrambled Sticks'.  This is a happy...

Sorella is a Cabernet Sauvignon based blend from the oldest block of vines (planted in 1972) at Champoux Vineyard in Horse Heaven Hills AVA. The first vintage of Sorella was 1994 and was the first blend that Chris made, which eventually led him to make blends for all his single vineyard wines. He...

63% Viognier, 21% Pinot gris, 16% Muscat. 12.5% alcohol, 3.6 pH. Le Beau and Nemarniki Vineyards in Chehalem Mountains AVA. Volcanic soils and some silty Missoula floods deposits.   All of the fruit was destemmed and co-fermented in a 1.5 ton open top fermenter, two punch downs per day. Once the...

100% Malbec, harvested manually in small cases around 20 kg to ensure the integrity of each bunch. Whole-bunch fermentation in open tanks, crushed by foot twice a day; aged in concrete vats for 8 months.

10 Year Old Tawny Port is patiently matured for 10 years in seasoned oak casks, blended to obtain the house style and bottled. 100 cases produced.  

30% Macabeu, 30% Xarel.lo and 40% Parellada; second fermentation and aging is under cork. Aged 20 months on the lees in bottle. All riddling and disgorging is also done by hand. Residual sugar less than 9 g/l Pale yellow color with greenish reflections. Delicate and finesse, distinguished notes of...

Old-vine field blend of over twenty varieties. From exclusively Class A parcels (Serra de Baixo, Serra de Cotas and Vale de Moinhos) totaling 6 hectares on poor schist soils. The fruit is hand-harvested, partly destemmed and fermented exclusively in lagar; fermentation is stopped with seventy-seven...

100% Mencia sourced from the El Canto vineyard near the town of San Lorenzo. The soils here are slate and quartz with a northern exposure. 100% whole clusters, crushed by foot; fermented with native yeast in clay amphorae and macerated on the skins for five months with no punchdowns or pumpovers,...

The grapes are grown in Nasca, Ica, Perú at an elevation of 428 meters; the exact proportion of each variety is a family secret. The spirit is rested for 39 months after distillation before blending.  

90% Malvasia/10% Ortrugo & Trebbiano Toscano. The varieties are co-planted and the vines average 30 years of age. The fruit is co-harvested, destemmed and fermented with native yeasts in tank. Maceration with the skins lasts 3-6 months; warmer vintages usually entail a shorter time on the skins...

Grape: Albariño (Rias Biaxas clone) Appellation: Sacramento County. Andrus Island Vineyard is located in directly in the middle of the Sacramento River Delta, a few miles north of the small town of Rio Vista. Farming: Peat soils. The vineyard is still young, planted in 2011. Farmed Lodi sustainable...

100% Albariño. The grapes are from the Rorick vineyard (Limestone). Skin fermented and macerated in an open top fermenter for 10 days and then transferred to flex tanks for 7 months. 79cs produced.

50% Redford-Wetle Vineyard and 50% Ransom Estate Vineyard. Organically farmed, aged in a mix of neutral oak and stainless steel. The fruit was destemmed and left on the skins for one hour before pressing. 

This Malbec comes from the prized viticultural areas of Mendoza: Perdriel, Agrelo, and Drummond. The fruit is hand-harvested; aged 10 months in French oak. Unfined and unfiltered. 

This bottling is part of the "Monovarietali" project, highlighting single varieties and single vineyards whose special characteristics precluded them from blending in other wines.  The grapes are sourced from a parcel called "Vigna della Pieve," with sandy volcanic soils rich in pebbles, planted to...

Very Limited; Please Inquire. This Premier Cru lies beneath the Corton Bressandes and next to the Corton Paulands, both Grands Crus. The soil here is a bit out of the ordinary: clayey at the surface and pebbly limestone deeper down, and quite uneven. The parcel faces east, just below mid-slope,...

The tradition of Amari is long and storied. Originally produced as a health tonic, while they are still used as a digestif, they are now also used the world over as an ingredient in cocktails. This unique and distinct version from Lockhouse is aged on sassafras wood and sweetened with turbinado...

This liqueur breaks from traditional rum liqueurs, both in style and alcohol content.  Bottled ~42%, our Amer features complex notes both on the nose and the palate.  A warm, herbaceous, and luscious mouthfeel on the front end transforms into a balance of floral notes and zesty citrus before...

An extraordinarily fine, complex and sophisticated drink. Beautiful shining amber colour, fascinatingly complex raisined, nutty, tangy nose and a flavour, flatteringly sweet at first, easing into semi dry at the finish whilst displaying layer upon layer of deliciously plump sensations on the way.

Made from the Gual grape variety (100%), Juan Jesus treats the white grapes like red grapes (in the "ancestral" style). 3 weeks on the skins. Vinification and aging in stainless steel.  The extended maceration time results in an extremely aromatic wine. Gual is a light-colored grape, so the wine's...