Riesling Art Between New and Old World: Eroica wines, a collaboration between Chateau Ste. Michelle and renowned German Winery Dr. Loosen, showcase a blend of Old World and New World winemaking philosophies. This partnership has produced a range of Riesling wines that are celebrated for their quality and aging potential.
Washington State's Founding and Perhaps the Largest Winery: Established in 1934, Chateau Ste. Michelle is the perhaps the oldest and largest wineryin Washington State, producing over 8 times more wine than the second largest winery.Perhaps World's Leading Riesling Producer: they claim to be the world's largest producer of Riesling wines, with over 45 years of experience.
World's Leading Riesling Producer: the world's largest producer of Riesling wines, with over 45 years of experience. Consistent Award Winner: Chateau Ste. Michelle has received 22 "Winery of the Year" honors from Wine & Spiritsand 18 "Top 100 Wines" designations from Wine Spectator.
Pioneering California Pinot Noir: Hirsch Vineyards has been a significant influence in the American wine industry. David Hirsch planting the first Pinot Noir vines in 1980, making it one of the oldest vineyards on the True Sonoma Coast.
Sustainable Agriculture: Hirsch Vineyards employs biodynamic farming methods, committed to environmental protection and ecological balance. The vineyard supplies grapes to some of California’s most prestigious wineries, including Littorai, Williams Selyem, and Kistler, collectively elevating the standards of California Pinot Noir.
The Fault Terroir: Located on a ridge close to the fogs and cooling influence of the Pacific, Hirsch Vineyards sits near the San Andreas Fault, shaping its unique terroir. The clash of the continental edge with the vast Pacific, the grinding of tectonic plates, and the interplay of wet winters and dry summers create a dynamic environment where the vines struggle and thrive, producing wines with an unparalleled sense of place.
High-Quality, Low-Yield: Hirsch Vineyards focuses on producing small quantities of wine with meticulous attention to detail, ensuring each bottle reflects the unique characteristics of the vineyard's microclimates.
La Crema was founded in 1979 and quickly established itself as a pioneer of intensely flavored Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from cool climates. The winery has dedicated more than 30 years to explore the depth and breadth of varietal expression in California’s cool-climate vineyards. They look for one unifying factor at these exceptional sites: coastal wind and fog that allow the grapes ripen slowly on the vine, developing intensely complex aromas and flavors while retaining firm acid structure.
The origin of what would eventually become Francis Ford Coppola Winery started in 1997 with the creation of the first brand and wine of the Diamond Collection. In 2006, Francis Coppola acquired the future home and site of the Francis Ford Coppola Winery in Geyserville, Sonoma County. The "brand" is also a person, a filmmaker/director, a second generation Italian American. The wine making team of Francis Ford Coppola Winery consists of 5 world class winemakers and a crew of over 60. The wines express true appellation characteristics of California, which made in the same spirit - for sharing with friends and family, following the motto of the company: "food, wine, adventure". The brand's equities include: authenticity; passion for Life; tradition, culture and family; trailblazing individuality; storytelling
extraordinaire and uncompromising standards.
Marimar Torres, the fourth generation of the TORRES family, has been involved in the wine business all her life. She set her eyes on California and made it her home in 1975. She was the best-known ambassador of Spanish wines in America. In 1986, she selected a privileged place in the Russian River/Green Valley in Sonoma County, to set up her own winery. Because of her European heritage, emphasis on the vineyard was a natural concept for Marimar. The wines, made entirely from estate-grown grapes, are truly an expression of their terroir. In year 2006, the vineyards start transition to biodynamic viticulture, increasing the commitment to ecological balance and sustainability, after organic certification by California Certified Organic Farmers, the strictest certification in the world.
Stag's Leap Wine Cellars is considered one of Napa Valley's first growths. Founded in 1970, today Stag's Leap Wine Cellars is best known for its estate grown Cabernet Sauvignon – Cask 23, S.L.V and Fay – which are fashioned to express classic elegance, structure, and ageability, and to reflect the place in which these wines are grown. In the first few years, the small family run winery was little known outside the Napa Valley. That changed in 1976 when Steven Spurrier, now consultant editor with Decanter magazine and a renowned wines taster, staged a blind tasting among French wine experts. To everyone's astonishment, the 1973 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon took top honors, triumphing over first-growth Chateau Mouton Rothschild, Chateau Haut Brion and other renowned wines of Bordeaux. The stunning victory launched Stag's Leap Wine Cellars into the ranks of the world's most noteworthy and collected Cabernet producers – a standing which the winery still very much enjoys to this day – as well as placed the Napa Valley firmly on the world's wine map.
Proverb celebrates the bond between wine, culture and the wisdom of life. Our rich, memorable and fruit-forward wines are carefully crafted with California grapes, harvested at optimum ripeness, for superlative flavor. Every glass of Proverb is a celebration of the connection between wine and the wisdom that comes with a life well-lived.
A bottle, a story and a Soul
Dave Phinney - Winemaker of the year 2019 <Wine Enthusiast>*
Orin Swift, led by winemaker Dave Phinney, is a brand known as much for its creative and evocative expression of art on the front of the bottle as it is the bold, yet finessed styling within the bottle. Based out of Saint Helena, within the prized Napa Valley, Orin Swift features a portfolio of wines that appeal to a variety of senses. It all begins in the vineyard. Sourcing for the Orin Swift family takes Dave across the state of California, with special interest in the Napa Valley, Sonoma County and Santa Barbara. He sets his sights on small lots within the most coveted growing regions while ensuring that only fruit of the highest quality makes it in to the final blend. Every wine in the portfolio, from the vineyard source to the distinct artwork adorning the label, offers a unique point of view while creating a heart-skipping impression.
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Iconic Napa wines including powerful bordeaux blend
“Things just get better and better at Pahlmeyer.” – Robert Parker, Jr. (The Wine Advocate)
Pahlmeyer was founded by a desire to be great by its eponymous creator Jayson Pahlmeyer. With a dream to create a ‘California blend what would rival the best of Bordeaux', Jayson and his partners spared no resource to make this dream a reality.
Whether it was finding the perfect piece of land high atop Napa Valley’s Atlas Peak or covertly smuggling in Bordeaux cuttings, all pieces of Pahlmeyer’s history have led to its place as one of the established brand names from Napa Valley.
Following first release of ‘Proprietary Red’, Pahlmeyer found a great deal of success and an growing popularity with consumers and critics alike, including a rare 100-point score* from The Wine Advocate.
The reference point for extraordinary Zinfandel and Cabernet from California.
Founded in 1885, Ridge relies on nature and tradition rather than technology. Their approach is straightforward: find intense, flavorful grapes; intrude upon the process only when necessary; A natural process, a 19th Century model of minimum intervention.
Kendall-Jackson is the benchmark of excellence and integrity in California winemaking: "the family-owned American winery" trusted by generations of wine enthusiasts and novices alike for handcrafting consistent, high-quality wines from the cool, coastal and high elevation vineyards in California.
