Winery Spotlight – Baker Lane – Reconnecting with old friends
Baker Lane Vineyards produces cool-climate, organic (although not certified), and sustainably farmed wines from their home and farm in the southwestern side of Sebastopol, California. The proximity to the Pacific Ocean offers cool, daily maritime bre
Winery Spotlight – Presqu’ile Winery
Presqu’ile is a family-owned winery in the Santa Maria Valley, dedicated to crafting exceptional, cool-climate Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Syrah from Santa Barbara County. The Murphy family designed and planted Presqu’ile Vineyard with the goal o
Winery Spotlight – Sobon Wines
Sobon Wines create balance and integrate the land into each bottle. The winemaker, Paul Sobon, plays by the natural book. He is producing wines that are estate grown and organically and sustainably farmed. Sobon’s focus is on Mediterranean varietal
Winery Spotlight: Miura Vineyards
Born in the United States and raised in Spain and England of Greek Cypriot and Spanish parents, Emmanuel Kemiji is a graduate of the University of California Davis. During his second year at university, he went to Spain to visit his uncle and immedia
Winery Spotlight – Pey-Marin Vineyards
Jonathan and Susan Pey started Pey-Marin Vineyards in 1999. Together they had extensive but different experience in several aspects of the premium wine business in northern California, Europe and Australia. Jonathan lived, worked and studied in Franc
Whitehall Lane Winery Spotlight – Week Four: Meet the Winemaker
“I knew I wanted to be a winemaker when I was 20 years old. The science, history, geology, sensory evaluation, farming…it all interested me.” -Jason Moulton, Whitehall Lane Winemaker Our last Whitehall Lane December spotlight focuses on the man
Whitehall Lane Winery Spotlight – Week Three: Napa Green
Whitehall Lane is committed to the Napa Green program, a comprehensive environmental certification program for vineyards and wineries in the Napa Valley. The program represents a soil-to-bottle approach to environmental stewardship and winemaking, in
Whitehall Lane Winery Spotlight – Week Two: The Leonardini Family
“There are friends, there is family, and then there are friends that become family” The Leonardini’s are a close-knit family that have grown together in and out of the wine industry. The Leonardini name means ‘little lion’ in Italian. In 19
Whitehall Lane Winery Spotlight
Whitehall Lane was founded in 1979 but the history of the soil cultivation dates back two centuries. In the mid 1800’s, Napa Valley settlers were drawn to the deep, loamy soils and ideal climate, planting high quality grape vines at the Whitehall L
Kalin Cellars Winery Spotlight – SF Wine Tasting Panel Spotlight
Have you ever wanted to taste an exceptionally aged wine? Kalin Cellars shows just how well wines can age when crafted and stored correctly. Kalin produces aged wines that are new, exciting, and unusually spectacular. Kalin Cellars was founded in 197