Adentu Sauvignon Blanc

Chilean Sauvignon Blanc is a really new thing; in fact, it’s new that it’s even becoming a thing.

Alexana Revana Pinot Noir

Dr. Madaiah Revana created this estate in 2005 fulfilling an obsession with Pinot Noir. Alexana is named after his daughter and is located in the Dundee Hills appellation. Revana Estate is 80 acres, L.I.V.E. Certified, and planted to ten clones of Pinot Noir on those eighteen different soils. Each block is vinified separately and then blended together and aged for eleven months in one-third new French oak barrels.

Alta Via Pinot Grigio

Pinot Grigio’s are all alike, right? Hmm, well, yes, often, that is true. But differences exist. For instance, Pinot Grigio from some of the top spots in the Friuli Venezia region can carry some weight and distinct minerality. Alto Adige, up in the foothills of the Alps (and higher), is the grape’s other sweet spot. Here the flavors become almost shockingly fresh, like you’re biting into a cold ripe grape you've just plucked off the vine.

Anderson's Conn Valley Napa Cab

Napa is place that attracts rich guys with silly hobbies (like making wine) and even if the businesses last a decade or two, they usually get bought up by someone with more understanding of the industry. Gus Anderson was an orthodontist who decided to be one of those “hobbyists” but he truly worked to understand and succeed in the business. Most importantly, he and his wife planted some very good vineyards and those vines are still chugging along and producing great stuff.

Arterberry Maresh "Maresh" Vnyd

You won’t know about Arterberry – that’s cool. Probably don’t know Maresh – pronounced ‘marsh”. Jim Maresh is as much a pioneer with Oregon Pinot Noir as any other. Seriously, I don’t care who you name. Here’s the thing to know:Pinot Noir grows great in only some places. This is one of those places. The vineyard that bears Jim Maresh’s name produces wines that are textured, savory, and complex.

Arterberry Maresh Dundee Hills PN

With vineyards like Anderson Family, Dux, Weber and Maresh to work with Jim Maresh starts with pure, vibrant Dundee Hills fruit – typically intense in red fruits character with spice and herbs to boot. Since 1969, Jim Maresh has been growing grapes for wine from his family’s estate – he’s the third generation of farmers there in a sacred spot for Oregon Pinot Noir. His namesake vineyard, Maresh, is the 5th oldest in the state and the oldest in this part of the Willamette Valley. Though he is a farmer through and through, being a winemaker wasn’t really on the docket. But he and his family fell in love with a 27-acre farm covered with plum, cherry, and hazelnut trees. Eventually, grapes just seemed like the thing to do, and his neighbors, the other pioneers of Oregon wine like Dick Erath, guided him through it all. This is a brand spanking new wine, but a bottled filled with history.

Austin Hope "Austin"

The “Austin” wine is a multiple vintage blend of vineyards in the region; think of it as the ultimate winemaker’s craft for his own table.

Averaen Nysa Pinot Noir

Baron de Ley Museum Reserva

The Baron de Ley Museum Reserva Museum has more depth than their usual, worthy Reserva wines. It’s from extremely old vines (a century of age or so) planted in sandy and rocky soils with a thick layer of pebbles and a subsoil of limestone-clay and chalk. The bush vines that provide this sturdy wine are high up in the region, at over 2500 feet elevation.

Baron de Ley Varietales

Baron de Ley is a great example of how much the Rioja region has upped its game in the last decade. Like many of their wines of late, this 100% Tempranillo is rich, powerful, intense, heady and every bit a modern version of concentrated Rioja, but one that nevertheless still tastes like Rioja.