Merlot is a noble, rich and plump transplant from the wealthiest of Bordeaux estates. It's an early-ripening grape and loves the cooler climates of Washington State, the Santa Barbara area and Napa Valley's Los Carneros district.

We use the same seductive Muscat of Alexandria grape as for the sweet Muscat; we just make it in a crisper, drier style. This is accomplished by picking a little earlier, when the acids are a little higher, and fermenting it a little longer, so as to reduce the residual sugar in the finished wine. It has an intense, floral aroma, and its pale-clear color belies its abundant flavors, rich with honeysuckle, green apple and ripe peach.

Carneros has been called the Burgundy of California because the two Burgundian grape varieties—Chardonnay and Pinot Noir—achieve exquisite flavors in this region.

From the Dry Creek Valley renowned for world-class Zinfandels. This Zinfandel is solidly built, yet shows remarkable constraint and a slight edge of spiciness.

Pilgrim Vineyard is a 12-acre parcel in the Lodi AVA (American Viticultural Area,) owned and tended by Joel and Martine Herche, who, after moving sixteen times in sixteen years due to education job changes, settled on this neglected vineyard and named it for John Bunyan’s work, The Pilgrim’s Progress. The vines are certified to be at least 56 years old but are reputed to be much older.