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California
Abundance Vineyards (Lodi)
Abundance Vineyards is a family owned and operated boutique winery. The owners, Dino and Ron Mencarini, have been pioneers in the Lodi winegrowing region since before 1951. Abundance Vineyards began as a custom crush boutique winery first setting roots in the Sonoma area and has now planted permanent roots in Lodi, CA. The two flagship wines of the vineyard are the ever-popular Abundantly Rich Red of the Lodi Appellation and Lodi's famous Old Vine Zinfandel. Both the Brick Hill Block and Bien Nacido Pinot Noirs are award winning wines with classic and elegant style. The Mencarini family has also produced two different appellation Chardonnays, Viognier, Merlot, and Syrah. The winery has nine wines with seven different varietals, all containing family history, pride, and fun.
www.abundancevineyards.com Wines in Portfolio Bountiful Blanc 2006Merlot 2002 Abundantly Rich Red 2004 Zinfandel Old Vine 2004 Petite Sirah 2004 Chardonnay 2005 Buoncristiani Family Winery (Napa)
The Buoncristiani brothers (Matt, Jay, Aaron, and Nate) take pride in performing all aspects of enology, viticulture, wine production, and art design in order to share a true expression of their winemaking passion. Their motto is quality not quantity, and they craft their wines without compromise. Handcrafting these limited production wines allows for the utmost attention to detail of every gallon in each barrel. To ensure the highest quality wine at Buoncristiani, they encourage controlled stress in the vineyard to produce low yielding, concentrated, and balanced fruit full of flavor and varietal expression. Once grapes reach full maturity, the brothers harness this inherent potential from the vineyard to the bottle through meticulous tracking and blending of each promising component. The Buoncristiani family strives to create optimum complexity while retaining balance, varietal character, and superior quality.
www.buonwine.com Wines in Portfolio O.P.C. 2003Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2003 Syrah Napa Valley 2004 Dolcetto 2003 Rosato 2005 Clayhouse Vineyard (Paso Robles)
Each offering at Clayhouse Vineyard is carefully crafted from select grapes, hand-picked from small vineyard blocks that over the years have proven their ability to produce exciting wines. The result is a refined, well-balanced wine, with elegant textures and flavors; wine that clearly expresses the varietal, while reflecting the distinctive appeal of Paso Robles. The 100-year-old adobe structure—the Clayhouse itself—is the ideal symbol for their vineyards. Like the adobe, the wines are created from the earth, cultivated by hand, and nurtured by family traditions.
www.clayhousewines.com Wines in Portfolio Adobe Red 2005Sauvignon Blanc 2006 Chardonnay 2005 Estate Hillside Cuvee 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 Syrah 2005 Reserve Malbec 2003 Estate Hillside Cuvee 2004 Reserve Petit Sirah 2004 Reserve Petit Verdot 2003 Zinfandel Late Harvest 2004 Costa de Oro (Santa Maria)
www.costadeorowinery.com Wines in Portfolio Chardonnay Gold Coast Vineyard 2005Pinot Noir Gold Coast Vineyard 2005 Eagle Point Ranch (Mendocino)
Eagle Point Ranch Winery is a partnership between sparkling-wine pioneer and chocolate-maker John Scharffenberger and viticulturist Casey Hartlip. Using grapes grown exclusively from the Scharffenberger family's Eagle Point Ranch, they have combined their efforts to produce some of California's finest red wines. More than just a vineyard, Eagle Point Ranch is an experiment in viticulture techniques and range management. The 82-acre vineyard sits in the middle of nearly three square miles of upland range and timberland. Thirty-one separate blocks, six different varieties, and numerous exposures and trellis systems all at high elevation make for very intense farming. The vineyard is now home exclusively to red-grape varieties. Continued grafting and more recent plantings have concentrated on the Rhone varieties, including Syrah and Grenache, as well as their Rhone cousin Petite Syrah. Other varieties planted on the ranch include Zinfandel, Sangiovese, and Cabernet Sauvignon.
www.eaglepointranch.com Wines in Portfolio Syrah 2004Grenache 2005 Rose 2005 Petite Sirah 2004 Coro Mendocino 2002 Hug Cellars (Central Coast)
www.hugcellars.com Wines in Portfolio Pinot Noir Rancho Ontiveros 2005Syrah Paso Robles 2005 Syrah Basetti Vineyard 2003 Syrah Central Coast 2004 Syrah Cedar Lane Vineyards 2005 Syrah Bassetti Vineyard Rena Block 2005 Sauvignon Blanc Cedar Lane Vineyards 2006 Zinfandel Paso Robles 2005 Laird Family Estate (Napa)
The Lairds have seen a family dream come to fruition, from vine to tasting room, based primarily on the incredible diversity and quality of their vineyards. The stewardship of these vineyards began nearly 25 years ago when many pioneer farmers passed on critical knowledge and techniques to Ken Laird and later to son Justin, all in the spirit of kindness and helping hands. Today, Justin oversees nearly 2,000 prime vineyard acres for Bayview Vineyards, the Laird's vineyard management company. While Bayview Vineyards is small and completely family run, it serves over 35 ultra premium wineries including their family label. Paul Hobbs, consulting winemaker for Laird Family Estate, believes Ken and Justin are on the leading edge of clone trials and results.
www.lairdfamilyestate.com Wines in Portfolio Carneros Chardonnay 2005Red Hen Ranch Chardonnay 2003 Napa Valley Merlot 2002 Cold Creek Chardonnay 2003 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2001 Cold Creek Pinot Grigio 2006 Lost Canyon Winery (Oakland)
Lost Canyon Winery's focus is on producing small lots of vineyard designated Pinot Noir and Syrah from some of the finest vineyards in the Russian River, Sonoma Coast, and Los Carneros appellations. Lost Canyon has nurtured a passion for crafting the finest quality wine since 1978. Lost Canyon's primer commercial release was unveiled in 2001, and since that time has won numerous awards and accolades. Each of their wines reflects the unique terroir of the individual vineyard and grower's philosophy.
www.lostcanyonwinery.com Wines in Portfolio Syrah Stage Gulch 2004Syrah Trenton Station 2004 Pinot Noir Saralee Vineyard 2005 Pinot Noir Morelli Vineyard 2005 Pinot Noir Las Brisas 2005 Pinot Noir Dutton Ranch 2005 Mutt Lynch Winery (Sonoma)
Mutt Lynch Winery (Sonoma) Mutt Lynch Winery is a small winery located in the Dry Creek Valley in Sonoma County, California that specializes in limited production wines from select vineyards in Northern California. Their fundamental philosophy is that wine is made in the vineyard. They believe their job is to work closely with growers to harvest the grapes at the right maturity; then traditional winemaking techniques are applied to capture the vineyard's character. Their style is simple—fruit first, oak seasoning, balance in the mouth, ripe tannins for reds, and crispness for whites. Their focus is on producing seriously good wines with unique names and labels - Merlot Merlot Over and Play Dead, Sonoma County Zinfandel Portrait of a Mutt, and, their newest wine, Sonoma County Chardonnay Unleashed.
www.muttlynchwinery.com Wines in Portfolio Chardonnay "Unleashed" 2005Merlot "Over and Play Dead" 2004 Portrait of a Mutt 2004 Canis Major Perotti Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2003 Canis Major Unti Vineyard Syrah 2003 Canis Major Perotti Vineyard Zinfandel 2004 Owl Ridge (Sonoma)
www.owlridge.com Wines in Portfolio Chardonnay Vineyard Select 2004Cabernet Sauvignon Passalaqua Vineyard 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon Brigden Vineyard 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma County 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon Vineyard Select 2004 Robert Young Estate Winery (Alexander Valley)
Four generations of the Young family have farmed the same estate in California's Alexander Valley since 1858. Today, the family known for its rich agricultural heritage and innovative farming methods embraces a new chapter with wines of distinctive Sonoma County character. To ensure the highest quality crop, Robert Young Vineyards thinned blocks of red grapes to approximately eight pounds per vine. This rigorous thinning—performed at a strategic moment in the maturation of the grapes, when the berries possess all of the cells they will produce—allows the vine to concentrate growth in the remaining grapes, producing more flavorful, complex fruit and wines of exceptionally high quality.
www.ryew.com Wines in Portfolio Chardonnay 2004Merlot 2003 "Scion" Cabernet Sauvignon 2003 Rusina (Sonoma)
Located in Healdsburg, California, Rusina Wines is a tiny producer of handmade Zinfandel sourced from small, family-owned vineyards in Sonoma County's Alexander Valley appellation. The winery is named for Rusina, the Roman goddess called upon by ancient farmers to protect their fields and vineyards. They craft their wines literally by hand, using low-tech, minimalist winemaking to capture the full character of the vineyards.
www.rusina.com Wines in Portfolio Alexander Valley Zinfandel 2005Dry Creek Zinfandel 2005 Alexander Valley Petite Sirah 2005 Spencer Roloson (Napa)
Spencer Roloson Winery specializes in estate bottlings of Syrah, Viognier, and Tempranillo. They are focused on the elevation of Rhone and Spanish varieties in California. Balanced, organic farming and a sensitivity to their vineyards are key goals. The results are clearly demonstrated in the Spencer Roloson wines.
www.spencerroloson.com Wines in Portfolio Palaterra 2003Tempranillo Madder Lake Vineyard 2002 Syrah Madder Lake Vineyard 2004 Syrah La Herradura 2003 Viognier Noble Vineyard 2005 Zinfandel Madder Lake Vineyard 2004 Wildhurst Vineyards (Clear Lake)
Wildhurst Vineyards begins its story in the pear orchards of Kelseyville, nestled against the flank of Mt. Konocti in Lake County, just north of the famed Napa Valley. There, in 1966, fifth-generation pear grower Myron Holdenried decided to replant an orchard with 30 acres of Zinfandel grapes. Wildhurst makes direct, handcrafted wines from a winemaker's passion and a farmer's love of his land. Wildhurst boasts a Bucher bladder press, temperature-controlled fermentation tanks, small, open-top fermenters for the single vineyard red wine lots, and French and American oak barrels from superior sources in Nevers, Troncais and the Mississippi River Valley.
www.wildhurst.com Wines in Portfolio Sauvignon Blanc 2005Chardonnay 2005 Merlot 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 Willowbrook (Sonoma)
www.willowbrookcellars.com Wines in Portfolio Chardonnay JCO Limited 2004Pinot Noir Dutton Ranch Morelli Lane 2004 Pinot Noir Estate Grown 2004 Australia
Chapel Hill (McLaren Vale)
One of McLaren Vale's best known wineries, Chapel Hill is situated in the heart of the idyllic McLaren Vale. The Chapel Hill Winery Cellar Door is housed in the beautifully restored 19th century ironstone chapel. More than just a winery, Chapel Hill hosts a B&B, as well as the Chapel Hill Winery Gourmet Retreat, which welcomes private groups for recreational or business escapes. Groups have exclusive use of the complex, which is set in the vineyards of Chapel Hill Winery.
www.chapelhillwine.com.au Wines in Portfolio Shiraz 2005Shiraz/Grenache 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 Chardonnay Unwooded 2006 "Angelica" White Verdelho 2006 Greystone (McLaren Vale)
Wines in Portfolio Shiraz 2005 (Coming Soon!) JJ Hahn (Barossa)
JJ Hahn is premium wine made from what is now heritage vineyard planted by the Hahn family over several generations. This family has lived and worked on their original land since 1846. JJ Hahn is a unique partnership between vigneron James Hahn and winemaker Rolf Binder .The inaugural vintage was 1997 when two barrels each of aged Shiraz and Cabernet were made. All JJ Hahn wine is produced exclusively from the Hahn family vineyards located in the heart of the Barossa Valley.
http://www.jjhahn.com Wines in Portfolio "1914" Shiraz 20021928 Shiraz 2002 Journey's End (McLaren Vale)
The belief that great wine is made in the vineyard lies at the foundation of Journey's End's philosophy. Journey's End extends the notion of Shiraz terroir one step further by using up to five different Shiraz clones to maximize complexity and flavor profiles in its wines. There can be little doubt that the greatest expression of terroir in McLaren Vale comes from the Shiraz grape. As a long time local of McLaren Vale, Journey's End winemaker Ben Riggs knows the region intimately and is able to source fruit from many of the region's finest sites.
www.journeysendvineyards.com.au Wines in Portfolio The Arrival Shiraz 2003The Ascent Shiraz 2003 Sieber Rd (Barossa)
The Sieber Vineyards are part of "Redlands," a third generation family property situated on the rich red soils of Western Barbossa. There are 40 acres of vines in production, comprising 30 acres Shiraz, 5 acres Viogner, 2.5 acres Grenache, and 2.5 acres Mataro.
www.sieberwines.com Wines in Portfolio "Ernest" Shiraz 2004GSM 2004 Spain
Alvear (Ribera del Guadiana)
www.alvear.es Wines in Portfolio Pardina 2006Palacio Quemado Crianza 2003 Palacio Quemado Syrah 2005 Atalaya (Almansa)
Wines in Portfolio Atalaya Reserva 2003Castell d'Or (Montsant)
Wines in Portfolio Templer Crianza 2003Covitoro (Toro) Wines in Portfolio Cermeno Tinto 2005Gran Cermeno Crianza 2000 Marques de Tomares (Rioja) Wines in Portfolio Don Roman Rioja 2005Crianza 2002 Gran Reserva 1996 Miguel Calatayud (Valdepenas)
In 1940, Miguel Calatayud set up business in Valdepeñas and began trading in many areas related to wine. The wines of Bodegas Miguel Calatayud, S.A. enjoy a good reputation in all areas of Spain. Faithful to its high standard of housekeeping, Bodegas Miguel Calatayud has created the necessary structures to maintain the high quality that characterizes its Valdepeñas wines. Directors Miguel and José María Calatayud keep a constant eye on the quality of the wines they produce. The wines of this bodega are distributed in over 25 countries throughout the world. Bodegas Miguel Calatayud, S.A. mainly targets traditional wine merchant distributors, specialist wine sellers, and the catering trade, and sells directly to a number of private wine clubs.
www.sieberwines.com Wines in Portfolio Vegaval Plata Gran Reserva 1996Riolanc (Rioja) Wines in Portfolio Riolanc Vendimia Seleccionada 2006Sat Rueda Perez (Rueda) Wines in Portfolio Verdejo Zapadorado 2005Soleira (Rias Baixas) Wines in Portfolio Albarino 2005Solpost (Montsant) Wines in Portfolio Solpost Montsant 2003Viyuela (Ribera del Duero) Wines in Portfolio Viyuela Roble 2004Viyuela Crianza 2003 Chile
Estacion (Colchagua)
www.alvear.es Wines in Portfolio Cabernet Sauvignon 2006Merlot 2006 Carmenere 2006 Shiraz 2006 Rose 2006 Chardonnay 2006 Estampa (Colchagua)
Estampa has centered its winemaking philosophy on the fusion of fine grape varieties, based on continual innovation and a desire to perfect the art of assemblage. The winery's mission is to produce new flavors and aromas with perfect balance and unrepeatable complexity that will captivate and surprise wine lovers. The Estampa vineyards are located in the heart of the Colchagua Valley, just a few meters from the renowned Colchagua wine train. Each plot of land has been planted with vines especially chosen for the Colchagua terroir and trained to a vertical shoot positioned trellis. Estampa has 300 hectares of vineyard divided among three areas, planted with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Carménère, and Syrah. The vineyards also include blocks of Malbec, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Petit Syrah, and Viognier to increase the character and complexity of the wines. Viña Estampa is dedicated to producing world-class fine wines utilizing the winemaking technique known as assemblage, the combination of two or more vinified wines produced from distinct noble grape varieties.
www.estampa.com Wines in Portfolio Cabernet Sauvignon-Merlot 2004Merlot-Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 Carmenere-Merlot 2004 Syrah-Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 Viognier-Chardonnay 2006 Reserve Sauvignon Blanc-Chardonnay-Viognier 2005 Reserve Carmenere-Cabernet Sauvignon-Cab Franc 2004 Reserve Syrah-Cabernet Sauvignon-Merlot 2004 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon-Carmenere-Petit Verdot 2004 Gold Assemblage Syrah-Cabernet Sauvignon-Merlot 2003 Gold Assemblage Carmenere-Cab Sauvignon-Merlot 2003 Italy
Antica Enotria (Puglia) Bruno Porro (Piemonte)
In 1980, Bruno Porro and his wife Irma started a small 24 acre winery, called Ribote after an old beloved tree in front of an ancient stone farmhouse on the property. The estate lies in Piedmont just east of the city of Alba in the heart of the Langhe region. All the vineyards face south and are located at an altitude of 1,100 to 1,300 feet. Ribote focuses almost entirely on Dolcetto, and all wines carry the Dogliani appellation (one of seven officially designated DOC zones). Bruno Porro makes about 4,200 cases of wine per year. The grapes are harvested at the end of September, producing a wine that is big in body and texture. Wrapped in a robe of velvety tannins, the wine brims with aromas and flavors of currants, black raspberries, and other dark red berry fruits, and is laced with hints of chocolate, coffee, and cedar.
www.silverwine.com Wines in Portfolio Dolcetto di Dogliani "Vigna Ribote" 2004Barbera 2005 Camerano (Piemonte) Camauro (Romagna) Cantine Sant'Agata (Piemonte) www.jgwines.com Wines in Portfolio "Na Vota" Ruche di Castagnole Monferrato DOC 2004"Pro Nobis" Ruche di Castagnole Monferrato DOC 2003 "Baby Barb" Barbera D'Asti DOC 2005 "Altea" Barbera D'Asti Superiore DOC 2004 Genesi Monferratto 2000 Carlo Boffa (Piemonte)
Carlo Boffa, owner, supervises the wine growing and the winemaking industry, while Laura, his wife, handles the firm's business and trading. Carlo Boffa specializes in the production of the great red wines. They use the most modern technologies in their wine cellar; however the winemaking processing still remains very traditional. The alcoholic fermentation can take quite long; it allows them to extract from the peels great quantities of colors, flavors, and tannins. Combined with a period of refinement in great oak barrels, it gives a velvety softness and a strong and austere character to the wines. The particular care in the workmanship of the vineyard, the most modern agronomic techniques, and the wise thinning out of the grapes in the months of July and August, gives them special raw material: grapes rich in sugar, dyestuff, and polyphenols. That is a very fine starting point to make first-rate red wines.
Wines in Portfolio Dolcetto 2005Barbaresco "Casot" 2003 Dario Raccaro (Friuli) Wines in Portfolio Collio Tocai Fruiliano 2004Collio Malvasia 2004 Collio Bianco 2004 Fatascia (Sicily) www.fatascia.it Wines in Portfolio Almanera 2003Kaila 2004 Rosso del Presidente 2003 L'Insolente 2003 Fontanarosa (Basilicata) Wines in Portfolio Portogreco (Aglianico) 2004Giacomo Marengo (Tuscany)
The wines' genuineness is guaranteed by the rigorously biological vineyard cultivation. The firm wines include not only the traditional ones such as Sangiovese, Trebbiano, black Canaiolo, and Malvasia (whose original clones belong to them) but also those introduced lately in Tuscany, such as the distinctive red Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and the white Chardonnay and Sauvignon. Grapes are harvested and selected manually. In case of bad vintage, producers go up and down their same vineyards twice or three times, every time searching for the well-ripened bunches. The fermentation for the red, white, and rosé wines is temperature-controlled so to preserve bouquet and flavors. Once drawn off and pressed with the pneumatic tool, red wines are successively refined in oak tanks and barriques, the most distinctive white wines are refined in barriques, and the regular white and the perfect Sangiovese rosé wines are refined in steel.
www.jgwines.com Wines in Portfolio "Le Tornaie" Chianti DOCG 2003 Shelf Talker"La Commenda" Chianti Riserva DOCG 1998 "Stroncoli" Toscana IGT Tenuta Del Fondatore 1999 Lagunare (Veneto) Marchesi de Cordano (Abruzzo) Palama' (Puglia)
The Palama winery dates back to 1936. The aim of the winery, in the very heart of the Salento, is to continue to make a high quality wine of grapes grown in optimum conditions during the hot sunny summer months. With the collaboration of the enologist Leonardo Sergio, Palama has become a modern winery that still incorporates old traditions.
www.jgwines.com Wines in Portfolio "Albarossa" Salice Salentino, Rosso 2004Ronco Delle Betulle (Friuli) Wines in Portfolio Pinot Grigio Colli Orientali 2005Tocai Fruilano Colli Orientali 2004 Sauvignon 2004 Ronco Dei Pini Roveglia (Lombardy) Satre (Veneto) Scilio (Sicily) Terre De Trinci (Umbria) Valdipiatta (Tuscany) www.jgwines.com Wines in Portfolio Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG 2000Rosso di Montepulciano 2004 Trincerone Toscana IGT 2001 Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG Vigna d'Alfiero 2001 France
Audoin, Charles (Burgundy) Chateau De Cedre (Cahors) Dominique Cornin (Burgundy) DanJean-Berthoux (Burgundy) Feraud Brunel (Rhone) Paul Janin (Beaujolais) Louis Metaireau (Loire) Moillard (Various Regions) www.moillard.com Wines in Portfolio Bourgogne Pinot Noir Reserve 2003Cotes du Rhone Les Violettes 2005 Chateau D'Eau Pinot Noir 2005 Domaine Corton Clos Du Roi 2003 Moillard Hugues Le Juste (Vin Des Pays) Chateau Des Tours (Rhone) |
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