Napa Valley veteran winemaker, Tony Coltrin of Oberon Wines, recalled an in-depth closure study over many years in which Nomacorc placed very highly and impressed him. When the time was right, he was excited to move to a closure that gave him peace of mind and a sense of confidence that anyone opening a bottle of his wines would enjoy the aromatics and deliciousness of the wine the way he intended....
Scott Schultz hails from Chicago where he worked both the front and back of the house at several top restaurants. A job at the Las Vegas outpost of Thomas Keller’s Bouchon lead to a wine director post back in Yountville. Once in Napa he apprenticed in several cellars and in 2010 wound up...
Sheri began her formal wine education at the International Wine Center in New York City, where she later became an instructor. She completed the Wine & Spirits Education Trust (WSET) Intermediate Certificate in 1998 and the WSET Advanced Certificate a year later....
Pam’s career in winemaking began as a harvest intern for Sonoma Cutrer after graduating from the University of California at Davis with a degree in fermentation science. She spent her early years in the business as an enologist and assistant winemaker for Carmenet in Sonoma...
Zaccagnini established its family-run business in 1978. Located in the heart of Bolognano, a small town in the Abruzzi region of Italy known for guarding important treasures and treasures, the Winery has grown rapidly and steadily. With the goal of “absolute quality, from cluster to glass” oenologist Concezio Marulli oversees 300 hectares of beautiful vineyards and monitors every stage of production....
Julio Viola had a dream. He wanted to produce wines that would convey the name of Patagonia to every corner of the globe. He had an innate sense of the area’s terroir and knew he was in the right place. So he summoned a team of viticulturists to study the soil and climate to determine which varieties were best suited to their micro-region, called San Patricio del Chañar....
Samantha Sheehan founded POE in 2009 after being inspired by the wines of Burgundy and Champagne. Her goal is to create alluring, vineyard-specific wines with minimal intervention, judicious use of sulfur, and no additives. Ever....
In 2000, Pax Mahle and his wife Pam, who had both worked in the food and beverage industry, began Pax Wine Cellars with the idea of focusing on site-specific Syrah from Sonoma and Mendocino Counties. The first wines were powerful, muscular reds that quickly established Pax as one of California’s premier producers of Syrah....
Hardy Wallace (Dirty) and Matt Richardson (Rowdy) met in Atlanta some 15 years ago and bonded over a shared love of funky wine and spicy fried chicken. In 2009, Wallace got laid off from a job in technology sales and moved to California after winning a social media contest....
Ken was exposed to fine wine in Kentucky while waiting tables to put himself through school. He soon left to study enology and viticulture at UC-Davis. Upon graduation he spent eight years at Ventana and Talbott in California’s central coast....
Guy Davis and his wife Judy founded Davis Family Vineyards in 1997 and have since been joined in the business by their two sons Cooper and Cole....
Marty Clubb is Managing Winemaker and Co-Owner of L’Ecole No 41 with his wife, Megan, and children, Riley and Rebecca. Founded by Megan’s parents, Jean and Baker Ferguson, in 1983 L’Ecole was the third winery in Walla Walla Valley....
Steve Matthiasson is a California winemaker and viticulturist and, it must be said, a leading player in a movement described by Jon Bonné as “New California.” New California producers share an Old World sensibility that is, in good measure, a reaction to the high-alcohol, overly-extracted Napa wines that garner big scores and even bigger prices....
For more than three decades, Jeff Meier has been an integral part of J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines, working closely alongside Jerry Lohr, and the Lohr family, to build one of California’s most respected estate programs, and a world-renowned portfolio of wines....
The history of Cà dei Frati dates to early last century when in 1939, Felice Dal Cero moved to a little house in Lugana di Sirmione on the southern shore of Lake Garda. The grandfather of Igino Dal Cero immediately realized the area’s potential for vine cultivation....
