Established in 1852 near the town of Glen Ellen, Old Hill Ranch is one of California’s oldest vineyards. The six-acre block of Cabernet Sauvignon- a relative newcomer to the vineyard- was planted on Old Hill in 1982. This Cabernet block was planted by their neighbor Bruce Cohn, who leased the...

This vineyard is a terrace of alluvial soils, around which the Perquilauquen river flows in an oxbow. This river  is very unusual for Chile because it flows east from the Coastal Mountains towards the Andes, bringing granitic silt with it. Because of the strange flood plains of a river that flows "...

A true Bordeaux blend encompassing the top five Bordeaux grapes varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot with small additions of Petit Verdot and Malbec. Aged in 50/50 French  and American oak, 10% of each was new, for 2 years.   The lots are fermented separately using natural...

100% Cabernet Sauvignon. Aged in French oak barrels, 35% new. 

100% Malbec (which is significant because the vast majority of Cahors is cut with Merlot or Tannat). A powerful French "country" red from thirty-year-old vines grown in chalk-rich clay soils on a limestone substrate in the Lot Valley in Cahors, the ancestral home of the Malbec grape. Nicely full...

100% Malbec (aka Auxerrois in local parlance).  From 3 plots averaging 40 years old and totaling 3 hectares, on red clay with limestone rock. The farming is certified-organic and the harvest by hand. Fully destemmed fruit is pressed and fermented with native yeasts and a 2-week maceration in tank;...

100% Malbec (aka Auxerrois in local parlance). The fruit for Pur comes from seven different Combel sites totalling 8.5 hectares on the limestone plateau known as the causse. The vines are certified-organic, average 35 years old and are kept to a modest yield. The grapes are hand-harvested and...

100% Chenin Blanc. Calligramme is the old-vine version of Les Rosiers: a Jasnières bottling from multiple parcels, with vines ranging in age from 50 to 75 years old, on particularly rocky, tuffeau-rich clay-flint soils on south-southwest-facing slopes. The collective yield is a modest 25-35 hl/ha....

A blend of young Calvados, distilled with extreme care in a copper column still. Aged more than 2 years in oak casks. Several generations of the Lelouvier family have sought to identify farms producing fine Calvados in the Ferté Macé and Domfront regions. 

A blend of young Calvados, distilled with extreme care in a copper column still. Aged more than 3 years in oak casks. Several generations of the Lelouvier family have sought to identify farms producing fine Calvados in the Ferté Macé and Domfront regions.  There is probably NOT a better pairing...

60% Malvasia di Candia Aromatica/20% Trebbiano/15% Ortrugo/3% Sauvignon/2% Marsanne. Campedello is the name of the hillside site whose grapes go into this wine. The co-planted vines are planted on sandy limestone soils rich in fossilized seashell material and are farmed organically; everything is...

Built in 1846, Caol Ila is the largest of the eight distilleries scattered across the Isle of Islay on the west of Scotland. Caol Ila is one of the lighter Islay whiskies, lighter in colour than its powerful neighbours, but with a distinctive floral and peppery notes which complement the...

100% Malbec (aka Auxerrois in local parlance). From a pebbly 1.35-hectare parcel on clay-limestone soils juste derrière chez Carbo-- “from behind the house of Carbo”—the double-entendre name “Carbo” being a reference to vineyard neighbor Monsieur Carbonier as well as the vinification method....

This wine was grown by a small farmer in Itata. It was farmed by hand and horse with traditional methods of dry-farming old vines with vines of Cinsault in the field-blend. Fermented naturally in small open-top tanks ; caps were punched down by hand and pressing was strictly manual. The wine was...

The fruit comes from an organic, dry-farmed, head-trained vineyard in Hopland that was planted in 1939. 100% destemmed and fermented with native yeasts for 2-3 days in old French oak barrels up to 8 years old. Aged 11 months in 50% 3800L wooden tank and 50% in small barrels (228L). About 800 cases...

100% Carignan, this bottling is part of the "Monovarietali" project.  It comes from the 'Campo al Finocchio' vineyard, planted between 2002-2004 at 250m above sea level, with grey clays and galestro (friable clay/limestone marl).  The SW-facing vineyard is isolated, surrounded by trees. Harvest was...

Lodi Albariño/Verdelho (farmed by Markus Bockish) plus five percent Sauvignon Blanc from Renaissance.  Crushed by foot and made on the skins like a red wine.  

33% Carignan, 22% Pais, 12% Portugais Bleu, 12% Petite Sirah, 10% Syrah, 6% Malbec  and 5% Cinsault. Sourced from 4.5 acres of vines planted in 1985 at an altitude of 490 feet in granite soils. Farmed lutte raisonée. Aged in concrete and stainless steel on the lees for 12 months; bottled lightly...

100% Muscat a Petits Grains sourced from Quinta da Olga, in the Douro region, a vineyard planted on schist at 600 meters altitude. Half of the grapes were crushed and macerated for three days, the other half was vinified on whole clusters and macerated for three months. Fermented and aged in steel...

70% Gamay/30% Poulsard. The certified-organic fruit is picked by hand, pressed and fermented in cold vats until it reaches about 6% alcohol. After a light filtration that leaves most of the active yeast in the unfinished wine, it is bottled and continues its fermentation in the bottle, finishing at...

An exceptional village-level Chablis with three-fourths of the fruit coming from the famous “Les Pargues” vineyard and the balance comes from another excellent vineyard just next to Montée de Tonnerre. "Les Pargues" was considered by the monks to be one of the best sites in Chablis and today, many...

Domaine de la Boissonneuse is a single holding of 11 hectares. The parcel is on a hillside beside the village of Préhy and contains kimmeridgian soil of exceptionally high quality, with very fine minerals.The 30 year-old vines grow on interspersed layers of limestone and clay, brimming with fossils...

Courgis is from a single vineyard on the left bank with clay topsoil on top of Kimmeridgian limestone bedrock. It’s typically the most weighty (think ripe, round fruit) of the Terroir wines. Fermented and aged in tank.