We’re going to let you in on a little insider secret: if you like modestly priced, medium-bodied reds with complex fruit and savory notes…you should be drinking California Carignan. There is a reason the sommelier community (and hipster nation) and our...
Green Rush Despite the fact that Mendocino county borders Sonoma County, it maintains an identity all its own. Mendo’s “green” credentials are unsurpassed by any other wine region in the world. The majority of the region’s 18,800 planted acres remain in the...
Going Off Piste Some of the most exciting “discoveries” we’ve made in the last 10-years have been in the Aptos-Corralitos region of Santa Cruz. Long-time fans of the wines grown along the coastal ridges above Saratoga (Ridge, Mount Eden, Rhys) we’ve for years been...
The Licklider family-owned and operated winery, LIOCO, selects grapes from exceptional California vineyards located throughout a wildly diverse, 400-mile region. The goal is to produce uniquely flavorful and distinctive wines tied to their place of origin. The...
We’re closing our Winter Release with an insider secret: if you like modestly priced, medium bodied reds with complex fruit and savory notes…you should be drinking California Carignan. There is a reason the sommelier community (and hipster nation) has...
Lolonis Vineyard: est. 1945 LIOCO has been buying fruit from the Lolonis Ranch since 2011. A few years before, our close friend, Athan Poulos, rescued the Lononis family’s foreclosed property from the circling vultures. The historic Home Vineyard was planted in 1945,...
