Dancing Crow Rosé (Sustainable)

Tony Cartlidge is one of my favorite California Wine personalities.   He's a British transplant with an outsize personality, a memory like a steel trap, and a kind word for everyone.

He founded Associated Distributors in the '80s and was the first one to bring in Jorge Ordoñez's imported Spanish wines into California.   He founded Cartlidge and Brown winery around the same time, gaining placements in nearly every independent wine retailer and fine dining restaurant in Northern California. (We carried his Chardonnay and Pinot Noir for many, many years).   Associated was sold to a larger house, and eventually Cartlidge and Brown collapsed - the name survives, but it's not the same stuff.  

Isle St Pierre Rosé (Sustainable)

Founded in 1927, Domaine Isle Saint Pierre is located on a small island in the Rhône River.  It is run today by fourth generation vigneron Julien Henry. The proximity to the water provides a cooling influence that allows the wines to retain great freshness even in the far south of France, and deep well-draining sedimentary soils comprised of sand and silt. Because of the terroir and temperature, they are able to grow varietals that thrive in a Continental climate, such as Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay and Sauvignon.

Moulin de Gassac Rosé Guilhem (Biodynamic and Organic)

Year in, year out, this is our best selling rosé - and it's easy to see why: bright fruit and balanced flavors, low alcohol and organic and biodynamic viticulture!   

Always one of the first rosés to hit the market, this traditional southern Rhone blend comes from 25-50 year old vines grown along the Gassac River. It boasts a pleasant, intense nose with hints of strawberries. Full and round on the palate with red fruit flavors.

Raúl Pérez Ultreia St Jacques (Organic)

Raúl Pérez Pereira is universally considered to be one of the world’s most visionary winemakers. Since he produced his first vintage for his family’s winery in 1994 at the age 22, he has been in the forefront of the conversation about what has been called “The New Spain”.

In 2005, he left his family business to strike out on his own, creating Bodegas y Viñedos Raúl Pérez, which quickly became the point of reference for the Bierzo appellation. In the intervening years, he has expanded his sphere of activity to include the appellations of Rías Baixas, Ribeira Sacra and Tierra de León, but his heart and his home remain in Valtuille de Abajo, the village in Bierzo where his family has been tending vines for well over 300 years.  

Jomain Bourgogne Blanc (Sustainable, following some Organic Practices - Lutte Raisonnée)

If you're like me and love white Burgundy, you've been priced out of many of your favorites over the past years.  That $30 Puligny-Montrachet is now over $100, and the once bargain of St.Aubin  is now in the $50-60 range.  

A true family enterprise, brothers Philippe and Christophe Jomain, along with sister Catherine, launched this Chardonnay focused Cote de Beaune domaine in 1992 with vines inherited from their father, Marc. With precious parcels in four of Puligny’s premier crus and almost an acre of hallowed ground in the Grand Cru Batard Montrachet, Domaine Jomain consistently produces a line of classically elegant white Burgs.

Fableist Albariño - Organic

Between Fableist, Wonderwall, Neverland, Fiction and Field Recordings, we carry more wines made by Andrew Jones than any other winemaker - over 20 SKUs and growing.  Why?  His wines are varietally correct, reflect a sense of place, follow sustainable or organic farming practices and punch well above their weight class in the value department.  The Fableist project is co-owned by Sans Liege and Groundwork owner winemaker  Curt Schalchlin.

Situated in Malepère, the most westerly region of the Languedoc, Château Guilhem was built in 1791.

Then the property of the Marquis de Auberjon, it was bought by the Guilhem family in 1878. Bertrand is the fifth generation of his family to run the estate.   The 85 acres of vineyards are planted mainly to Bordeaux varieties— Cabernets Sauvignon and Franc, Merlot, and Sauvignon Blanc— with some Chardonnay.

​Obsidian Ridge Red Hills AVA Cabernet Sauvignon (Sustainable, Fish Safe, and following some Natural vinification practices)

We've been carrying wines from the Molnar family for over fifteen years now.  Arpad Molnar lives in Oakland, and his brother Peter lives in Berkeley.  The partriarch of the two brothers lives in Piedmont.   These guys are local. 

We particularly love their Lake County Obsidian Ridge Cabernet Sauvignon.