Jean-Francois Roy, owner/winegrower since 1989, comes from a strong family tradition in quality winemaking. The 75 acres of vineyard properties spread over several communities: 50 acres in the Valencay appellation and 25 acres in the Touraine appellation. The estate is located in Lye, in the region of Valencay, which is just north of Indre in the Loire Valley.
2021 Valencay Sauvignon Blanc
Since 2015, Chef Joachim Splichal, founder of the Patina Restaurant Group in Los Angeles, and his team carry on the property’s tradition of winemaking with a balanced range of reds, whites and rosés that tap into the full richness of the terroir. They are guided by one key word: quality.
2022 Classic Rose - Grenache/Cinsault/Rolle/Syrah
Winegrowers for 4 generations in the communes of Villié-Morgon and Régnié-Durette in Beaujolais country, vintages and winegrowers have succeeded one another, serving our Gamays. The oldest vines were planted between 1900 and 1910.
2020 Domaine Franck Chavy Regnie Cuvée Paradis – 100% Gamay
Since acquiring Château Argadens, the Sichel family has put in place a vast renovation program, with the aim of making the wine a benchmark within the Bordeaux category. Argadens red is thoroughly modern Bordeaux with lots of concentrated fruit and an attractive, supple balance. Not surprisingly, it gets consistently high marks in tastings and competitions.
2019 Bordeaux Superieur A.O.C. Rouge - Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot
Carabella produces elegant estate Pinot Noir, Dijon Chardonnay and Pinot Gris. Winemaker/geologist Mike Hallock's minimalist philosophy in the cellar focuses on the elegance and complexity inherent in Parrett Mountain's volcanic soils. Trained as a winemaker in Colorado, he brought his tanks and equipment over the mountains on a flatbed to Oregon for the first vintage in 1998.
2019 Pinot Gris
2022 Plowbuster Pinot Noir
“The Walls” is what the locals call the Washington State Penitentiary, Walla Walla’s least talked about but perhaps most notorious landmark, and one that loomed just down the street from where our first wines were made. Since 1886, the “Walls” or “Concrete Mama” has surreptitiously presided over the ebb and flow of this little town, lives frozen inside while outside, growth and progress eddy past. This contradiction is also a personal one as walls have become metaphors in all of our lives — we put up walls to protect our hearts, we toil within the walls of work constraints, we build walls to defend what’s important to us. Nevertheless, as we build walls we’re also always looking for ways we can tear them down. Wine is the river that can overflow, subvert and topple these walls. It is a powerful force in bringing people together and building true community, capturing and preserving memories of time, places and people.
2022 Lip Stinger White Rhone Blend - Grenache Blanc/Viognier/Roussanne/Marsanne/Picpoul,/Clairette Blanche
2020 Stanley Groovy Red Blend - Touriga Nacional/Cabernet Sauvignon/Tinta Cao/Tinto Roriz/Souzao/Counoise/Grenache/Mourvedre
After serving as CFO for both a Napa and Sonoma wine brand, Dana decided to leave his role to pursue his love of winemaking, creating the first Vokel Cellars vintage in 2013. Committing to the project completely, he began hand-farming a small Pinot Vineyard and leveraged the relationships he developed through his years in the industry to gain access to other limited production, boutique vineyards. Vokel Cellars was born from the concept that the best wines are made in small lots, with vintner oversight through every step of the process. From the countless hours spent in the vineyard cultivating the grapes, to the time spent hand-numbering each bottle, this brand is truly a labor of love. Dana focuses his energy on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from the Russian River and Sonoma Coast regions of Northern California, letting the vineyards he works with speak for themselves.
2021 Pinot Gris
2020 MBM Petaluma Gap Chardonnay
2019 Heintz Vineyard Pinot Noir
2021 Dry Creek Malbec
Molí Parellada is understanding that there isn’t a rift between the big and small, but an ambition. We were born in 1987 under this philosophy, with which we have grown into a small winery in Sant Sadurní d’Anoia since that time, and with this philosophy we now look back in order to bear witness to how this intimate project has become, in effect, a concrete reality.
2019 Clos La Soleya Cava Brut
Although Aragonesas Bodegas was founded in 1984, the cultivation of the vines – particularly Garnacha – stems from 1145 and the Cistercian monks of the Monastery of Veruela, located a short distance from Fuendejalón and Magallón. Our ancestors inherited this valuable and historic legacy and we, the following generations, have enriched it to reach its highest potential.
2019 Don Ramon Tinto - Garnacha/Tempranillo
2018 Coto de Hayas ‘Centenaria’- Garnacha
The family and Bodega Pomar, after many years of cultivating their vineyards without using chemical synthesis products, decided in 2019 to become certified in organic production. From that moment on, we intensified the manual work: pruning, weeding, cluster thinning, leaf removal, harvest.
2016 Crianza -Tempranillo
Martha Barra's foray into the wine industry began in 1980 when she married Charlie Barra, a pioneer of organic grape growing in Mendocino County. Before his passing in 2019 at the ripe age of 92, Martha worked side by side with Charlie for almost 40 years playing a pivotal role in helping build the family wine business into what it is today; over 325 acres of certified organic vineyards, two wine brands, and a 2.8 million gallon custom crush facility. Early work experience in the field of law and real estate helped Martha acquire strong business acumen that was critical to the development of the Barra family's footprint in Mendocino County.
2021 Chardonnay
2020 Cabernet Sauvignon
2018 Zinfandel
2017 CORO Red Blend