Merlot from the Pollard Vineyard in upper Yakima Valley. Of the 10 acres of land under vine, roughly 3 acres are planted to Merlot. Soils are a mix of sandy loam with a limestone subsoil. The 2018 Merlot is matured for 18-months before bottliing 20% new French oak. 14% abv. 

The Leiner Pinot Noir “Handwerk” is grown biodynamically in a mix of bundsandstein (colored sandstone) and alluvial soils on gentle slopes protected from inclement weather by the nearby Pfalzerwald (Pfalz forest). Harvested at low yields of 60hl/ha, fermented naturally and aged 9 months in neutral...

This crisp, zesty, flavorsome dry Riesling comes from rolling hillside vineyards in the southern Pfalz around Ilbesheim. Most of the soils are loam mixed with a top layer of loess -- a decomposed calcium-rich dust deposited from ancient glaciers. The wine was vinified in steel and offers 7+ grams...

70g/l RS, 10.5g acid, 8% alc. Harvested on 75-year-old un-grafted vines in the southfacing Fossem part of the vineyard, and was fermented down to sweet levels of residual sugar. Yields are miniscule at 20hl/ha. 

24g/l RS, 9.3g/l acid, 10.5% alc. 100% Herrenberg (red soils) from younger fruit. Vinified 2/3 in steel and 1/3 in barrel. Lovely balance and bright, popping personality. The sugar is mainly felt texturally, not as sweetness.

48g/l RS, 10.4g acid, 8.5% alc. Stefan Müller holds vineyards in the villages of Niedermennig and Krettnach. One of his prized sites is a parcel of 50 year-old vines (“alte reben”) situated in the western, south-west-facing part of the Niedermenniger Sonnenberg. This parcel is situated on iron-rich...

100% Ortrugo. Massimiliano Croci refers to his steep, southeast-facing hillside vineyard as a “beach”: the soils (terre dei fossili piacenzano) are crumbly, sandy clay, full of disintegrating, limestone-rich marine fossils. “Lubigo” translates as “landslide” and is the name of the Ortrugo parcel in...

From 0.8ha between two crus, Marcarini and Casot, both with the commune of Treiso, at 350m. The oldest vines were planted in 1980 and the youngest in 2012.  Marcarini is exposed to the southeast whereas Casot faces southwest. 

L’Ensemble Pinot Noir is the flagship bottling from Domaine Nicolas-Jay, created by Jean-Nicolas Méo to showcase the most expressive parcels from the Willamette Valley vineyards the estate has worked with over the years. The cuvée is drawn from the top barrels of each site and blended to emphasize...

The 2023 Spirit Hill Chardonnay is Nicolas-Jay’s third release from this exceptional site in the Eola-Amity Hills. Eola-Amity’s climate is strongly influenced by the Van Duzer Corridor to the west, which creates a break in the Coast Range and allows cool ocean air to flow through. This lowers...

The Willamette Valley Pinot Noir is the original wine of the Nicolas-Jay Estate and the first they produced. The vineyard sources have evolved since that inaugural vintage, but the essence remains the same: seek out the most expressive vineyards in the valley, farm them gently and sustainably, and...

From a single parcel on the right side of the Danube with Ambrositsch’s oldest vines, planted in the 1950’s. It’s a mix of ancient varieties that are not known and twelve that are familiar, some of them rare. Brenna Quigley, a renowned geologist, explained in a recent AWMB seminar that these marl...

Previously called “Riesling Rosengartel”, the name changed to “Utopie” with the 2017 vintage. The Rosengartl vineyard is a legendary site for Riesling. It is on the right bank of the Danube on the famous Nussberg hill, a south-facing limestone slope that has great views of Vienna. Ambrositsch has...

A combination of second press juice from all of the white wine holdings covering the entire four hectares. Because this includes everything from the five-year old vines of Kosmopolit to the old-vine field blend from Ringelspiel planted in 1950s, it’s considerably more serious than most wine bottled...

This Gemischter Satz is named Kosmopolit as it comes from five sites on both sides of the Danube in Vienna. The grapes are picked on the same day by two teams, each consisting of approximately ten to twelve people. In the evening, all of the grapes go into the press together and the next day after...