"These are wines that eschew the heavy-handed, overripe approach of so many Californian producers. They are beautifully elegant, always refreshing and effortlessly drinkable." - Jancis Robinson MW
Organic
PIEDRASASSI
Santa Barbara
California
Piedrasassi wines primarily cultivate and vinify Syrah, a variety with which winemaker Sashi Moorman has worked for over two decades.
Organic
HIRSCH
Sonoma
California
Decidedly hands-off winemaking results in Pinot Noir which is more earthy, more savoury and with a remarkable ability to age and develop in the cellar, making it some of the most sought after in the United States.
Biodynamic
ROBERT
BIALE
Napa Valley
California
Robert Parker, Wine Spectator, Food and Wine and Decanter have all lauded Robert Biale as one of California's top practitioners of Zinfandel - the wines being featured on
A-list restaurant wine lists around the world.
Sustainable
SANDHI
Santa Barbara
California
Founded in 2010 by Rajat Parr, wine director for Michael Mina Restaurants, and esteemed winemaker Sashi Moorman, Sandhi is dedicated to making wines of finesse, minerality, acidity, structure and balance.
Organic
NORTON
RIDGE
Central Coast
California
After a lengthy and seemingly impossible search to find excellent value from California that is not mass produced tat, we stumbled upon this project label featuring a collection of vineyards on the Central Coast.
Sustainable
MATTHIASSON
Napa Valley
California
Steve Matthiasson has become one of the most influential people in Californian wine over the past decade and Jon Bonne made him the San Francisco Chronicle's Winemaker of the Year in 2013.
Organic
EVENING
LAND
Willamette Valley
Oregon
The Evening Land estate has developed to become perhaps the single most highly regarded grower in Oregon - producing the state's first '98 point' Pinot Noir with their 2012 'La Source'.
Biodynamic
TYLER
Santa Barbara
California
In a very short space of time, Tyler's owner & winemaker, Justin Willett has established himself as a leader in the movement to make balanced, harmonious wines in the Burgundian style loved by so many.
Sustainable
ARNOT
ROBERTS
Sonoma
California
Since founding their winery in 2001, school-hood friends, Duncan Arnot Meyers and Nathan Lee Roberts, have been one of the most progressive and revolutionary producers on the California landscape.
Sustainable
RAMEY
Napa Valley
California
After making wine at Chateau Petrus, Dominus, Chalk Hill and Rudd Estate, David Ramey settled into his own brand in 1996. The wines, as he says, are "bold, but in check."