RibollaGialla/Malvasia/Tocai Friulano. A few kilometers from their home vineyards in the village of Oslavia in Friuli, Italy, Radikon nows farms and owns vines vines just across the border in Brda, Slovenia. There is legally a border here, but the people on either side of it share history, language...

100% Malvasia di Candia Aromatica. From 25-year-old estate vines, farmed organically and harvested by hand. The bunches are picked at normal ripeness and healthy, then dried in the sun in the vineyard for up to two weeks. They are pressed by hand in a torchio (a small vertical basket press) and...

100% Lambrusco Salamino. Salamino is a sub-variety of Lambrusco known for thick skins, dark color, high acidity and tight bunches. Luciano and his daughter Sara Saetti grow nothing else, just 2.5 hectares of Salamino planted in 1964. They farm organically, a rarity in Lambrusco. The site is flat...

100% Gaglioppo from massale selection. This parcel—Vigna Fego— has clay/marl soils and is right on the Ionian Sea. Grapes are crushed/destemmed; after 12 hours maceration in stainless steel, the juice is not pressed, but drained by gravity. Aged in stainless steel and released late. Beautiful brick...

100% Verdicchio. The fruit is from 10 hectares of various vineyards on the Felici farm, from 10- to 40-year-old vines.  The vineyards are between 500 and 600m above sea level; Leo's vineyard site at 600m is the highest in the appellation. Harvest was in late September/early October at yields of 11,...

From two parcels, Coste di Cuma (planted 1975, 90m asl, 80% sand, exposure NE) and Monte Sant'Angelo (planted in 2010, 200m asl, 74% sand, exposure SE), totaling 2.2 hectares. Trained guyot, and the vines are ungrafted.   Harvested by hand, usually in the beginning of October at yields of about 5,...

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 77-degree...

100% Pinot Noir from the Santa Rita Hills Appellation in Santa Barbara County. The fruit was destemmed and fermented with native yeasts before maturing in neutral French barrels (228L). Bottled without fining or filtration. 

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,...

The now mature "Bambino" vines were planted in 2000 and represent Bucklin's "young vine" Zinfandel. Fermented with indigenous yeast without any nutrient additions. Aged in neutral French oak for approximately 10 months.