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2012 Mansfield-Dunne, Pinot Noir, Santa Lucia Highlands. This new label from the Santa Lucia Highlands, Mansfield-Dunne, is making some very good Pinot, crafted by Ed Kurtzman the former Roar winemaker…

2013 Alfaro Family Vineyards, Gruner Veltliner, La Playita Vineyard, Santa Cruz Mountains. Richard Alfaro’s latest Gruner is a electric/zingy and super crisp white that will appeal to acid freaks, it…

2012 Egon Muller, Riesling, Scharzhof, Mosel Germany. Undoubtably Egon Muller makes great wines and his are wines that collectors flock to, especially in a vintage such as 2012, but that…

2012 Windy Oaks, Pinot Noir, Estate Cuvee, Schultze Family Vineyard, Santa Cruz Mountains. The Schultze family have opened a new tasting room in downtown Carmel by the Sea and it…

2012 Alfaro Family Vineyards, Pinot Noir, Trout Gulch Vineyards, Santa Cruz Mountains. Richard Alfaro makes a great lineup of estate and single vineyard wines, his Pinot Noir lineup includes his…

2013 Schlossgut Diel, Riesling, Nahesteiner Trocken, Nahe Germany. Schlossgut Diel makes some of the finest examples of dry Riesling in the world and have been a long time leader in…

n.v. Suenen, Blanc de Blancs, Grand Cru Extra Brut Champagne, A Cremant, France. The very young Aurelien Suenen is a rising star in Champagne, he is really crafting some magnificent…

2013 Alfaro Family Vineyards, Chardonnay, Lindsay Paige, Estate, Santa Cruz Mountains. Richard Alfaro’s beautiful Santa Cruz Mountains vineyards are the home of some fantastic Chardonnay vines and these grapes are…

2012 Domaine Philippe Chavy, Meursault “Narvaux” Old Vines, White Burgundy, France. The latest Chavy Narvaux is amazingly concentrated and gorgeous, sadly there is such little available, I hear only between…

n.v. Henri Giraud, Esprit, Blanc de Blancs, Brut Champagne, Ay, France. Hand crafted Champagne, made by Claude Giraud, a small artisan producer making bubbly in the style of Vilmart of…