2014 Ghostwriter Bates Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon, Santa Cruz Mountains, USA Destilerias Acha 2020 Les Vignes de Paradis

2020 Les Vignes de Paradis Amphore Chasselas Savoie

Sumu Kaw is an exemplary Syrah vineyard

From a tiny parcel of 17

Grapes are destemmed and fermented in amphorae with ~2 weeks of maceration on the skins

Kaze No Mori Muroka Nama Genshu Junmai Sake Japan (unpasturized)

2014 Ghostwriter Bates Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon, Santa Cruz Mountains, USA Destilerias Acha 2020 Les Vignes de ParadisOur Bates Ranch story would not be complete without mentioning the many bottles spanning many vintages of Val and Dexter Alhgrens Bates Ranch Cabernets that we have been drinking since about 2001. When they retired and we began farming their estate vineyard, we also fortuitously inherited their orginal block of Cab at Bates Ranch. The vineyard is located along historic Redwood Retreat Road near Mt. Madonna on the Gilroy side of the Southern Santa Cruz