Four Kingdoms and a Place: Committing to Wine of Terroir
Without the farmer there would be no farm. There would be no food. And, to our focus today: Without the farmer, there would be no wine.
2015 Brooks Sparkling Riesling Willamette Valley
Sparkling wine with a craquelure of citrus and salt
Some Lessons on Beauty and Terroir
Arguments and revelations, courtesy of Müller-Catoir’s luminous Rieslings.
2016 Fields Family Wines Syrah Whole Cluster Mokelumne River Lodi
A mix of bright and dark in a whole-cluster Syrah
2016 Fields Family Wines Grenache Blanc Delu Vineyard Alta Mesa Lodi
Grenache Blanc of surprising nerve and freshness
2016 Massican Gaspare Bianco Friuli Colli Orientali
A collaboration between Californian and Friulian winemakers
2016 Dry Creek Vineyard Chardonnay DCV Estate Block 10 Russian River Valley
Substantial, but lifted by acid and herbs
2016 FEL Chardonnay Anderson Valley
Light-textured Chardonnay sparkled with herbs
Toward a New Lexicon for American Wine
We need a shared language to describe not just where, but how a wine was made
1998 Le Vieux Donjon Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Old-vine Châteauneuf, drinking beautifully twenty years out
2013 Ramey Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley
Expertly crafted and age-worthy Napa Cabernet
2013 Corison Cabernet Sauvignon Kronos Vineyard Napa Valley
Perfumed, elegant, and shimmery old-vine Cabernet