Women & Wine $20
Triennes
the place
Nans-les-Pins, France
the grapes
Cinsault – Syrah -Grenache – Merlot
the process
- Harvested at night so that the grapes are cool upon arrival in the winery. Pressed after a few hours of skin contact. - Fermented at low temperature until dry.
the price
Bottle: $23 | Glass: $10
Division “Un”
the place
Willamette Valley, Oregon
the grapes
Pinot Noir
the process
Our Pinot Noir vineyards are farmed with a focus on sustainability, and our mission to work with only organically and/or Biodynamically farmed and 100% free of herbicides sites is a point of great importance to us - with all but one vineyard in this bottling being so . Our oldest vines and first site, the Eola Springs Vineyard has completed its multiyear transition to Biodynamic and organic principled farming while still being treated conventionally for Phylloxera (there's no organic treatment) in the old vines.
the price
Bottle: $35 | Glass: $15
Montemelino Malpasso Rosso
the place
Jumilla
the grapes
100% Sangiovese
the process
Wild yeast fermentation. Aged in cement tanks for a year before bottling. Minimal added sulfur and no filtering or fining. Takes crowd pleasing to arena-level status.
the price
Bottle: $24 | Glass: $11
Spann “Betsy’s Backacher”
the place
Sonoma, California
the grapes
46% Zinfandel, 16% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Sangiovese, 12% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc and 6% Mourvedre
about the winemaker
My love of wine was fostered by a move to Bordeaux with my family in 1975 where I explored the wines and cheeses of southwestern France. After returning to California to attend college I went to work in a small wine shop where my interest grew, then I opened my own store in El Dorado County where we featured local wines. I sold the store to become an independent wine broker representing small high quality producers and then moved to Dry Creek Valley where I helped with the startup of Lake Sonoma Winery, working both in the vineyards and in wine production. My continued interest in European wines led me to Dallas, Texas to join the fine wine team of a large importing company. This is where I met Peter, who charmed me with a keen sense of wine and an amazing wine cellar. We fell in love, and married on one condition: that we would ultimately move back to my beloved California. When we moved we decided to buy a vineyard and sell the grapes but when it came time to do so we decided we would take the plunge and make our own wines instead.
the price
Bottle: $21 | Glass: $9