Pour Notes — Penny Roma

Rare Gems

Nanclares, Albariño, 'Fogardo'$149

Rías Baixas, Galicia, Spain '18

Alberto Nanclares is among the most important voices in Rías Baixas, farming old-vine Albariño on granitic soils in the Salnés Valley with an uncompromising commitment to place and minimal intervention. Cellared in-house since arrival, this 2018 has moved into a compelling oxidative register while staying anchored to the Atlantic minerality and salinity that make Fogardo one of Galicia's rarest, most rewarding expressions of the grape.

Tastes like Golden apple, beeswax, toasted almond, sea spray, dried apricot, struck flint.

SPAIN
Rías Baixas, Galicia

Ronco del Gnemiz, Sauvignon, 'Iris'$164

Colli Orientali, Friuli, Italy '20

A standout producer in Friuli's prestigious Colli Orientali zone, where the Palazzolo family has been crafting exceptional wines since 1964. The 'Iris' cuvée is their flagship Sauvignon Blanc, sourced from steep hillside vineyards where ponca soils of marl and sandstone impart distinctive minerality — power and elegance with a generous, almost Burgundian touch.

Tastes like Elderflower, white grapefruit, fresh herbs, gunflint, passion fruit.

ITALY
Colli Orientali, Friuli

Skyaasen, Pinot Noir, 'Les Bas Liards'$195

Savigny, Burgundy, France '22

A rising star in Burgundy, where Norwegian winemaker Morten Skyaasen has quickly gained recognition for his precise, terroir-driven approach to Pinot Noir. Working the coveted 'Les Bas Liards' vineyard, he combines Scandinavian precision with Burgundian tradition — a minimal-intervention style that lets limestone-rich soils speak clearly.

Tastes like Red currant, wild raspberry, violet, crushed limestone, forest undergrowth.

FRANCE
Savigny-lès-Beaune, Burgundy

Sociale di Gattinara, Nebbiolo, Riserva$210

Gattinara, Piemonte, Italy '16

A historic cooperative founded in 1906 in the alpine hills of northern Piemonte, where Nebbiolo takes on a distinctive character shaped by volcanic soils and high elevation. This Gattinara Riserva spends extended time in large Slavonian oak to build complexity while keeping the variety's signature elegance — remarkable finesse from an often-overlooked appellation, at a fraction of Barolo's price.

Tastes like Red cherry, dried rose, iron, white pepper, forest floor, tar.

ITALY
Gattinara, Piemonte

Gonon, Syrah, 'Les Illes Feray'$170

Saint-Joseph, Ardèche, France '21

The Gonon family has quietly established themselves as masters of northern Rhône Syrah, with Pierre Gonon's meticulous viticulture producing wines of extraordinary depth and precision. This cuvée from the Ardèche side of Saint-Joseph is grown on granite soils at high elevation, where cool nights preserve real freshness — extended aging in neutral oak lets pure terroir carry through.

Tastes like Blackberry, violet, black olive, crushed stone, cracked pepper.

FRANCE
Saint-Joseph, Ardèche

Quintarelli, Corvina Blend, Amarone$789

Valpolicella, Veneto, Italy '15

The undisputed master of Amarone, where the Quintarelli family has perfected the ancient art of appassimento for generations. Giuseppe Quintarelli's legendary approach dried Corvina, Rondinella, and Molinara for months before fermentation, building extraordinary concentration and complexity. His daughters now carry the tradition forward, producing Amarone that represents the pinnacle of Valpolicella winemaking.

Tastes like Dried cherry, fig, dark chocolate, tobacco, Christmas spice.

ITALY
Valpolicella, Veneto

Bubbles

Col di Luna, Glera, 'Flora'$53

Prosecco, Veneto, Italy NV

A small, family-run certified organic estate in the Veneto farming old Glera vines on limestone soil — a rarity in a region dominated by industrial-scale Prosecco. Bottled with no dosage, so it finishes genuinely bone dry instead of the sweet, simple style most guests expect.

Tastes like Salted lemon, white nectarine, green apple, chalky floral lift.

ITALY
Veneto

Brigo, Lambrusco, 'Belotta' Emilia Romagna$60

Italy '23

Brigo is a new-wave certified organic Lambrusco producer resetting a grape most guests only know as sweet, mass-market fizz. Made dry and refreshing in the Charmat method, meant to be served with a slight chill.

Tastes like Blueberry, blackberry, violets, black pepper, eucalyptus.

ITALY
Emilia Romagna

Marie Demets, Pinot Blanc, 'Singularite'$163

Champagne, France NV

A genuine grower Champagne from the Aube — Marie Demets started as a vineyard worker before becoming a vigneron herself. 'Singularité' is 100% Pinot Blanc, a grape barely planted in Champagne at all, given 30 months on its lees.

Tastes like Jasmine, crushed stone, citrus curd, honeyed depth.

FRANCE
Champagne, Aube

Sadi Malot, Pinot Noir Blend, 'Le 2 Cepages'$124

Champagne, France NV

A small, family-run grower Champagne house whose real story is a solera system started in 1942 — older reserve wines keep folding into every new bottling, so each glass carries 40-plus years of depth. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from two Grand Cru sites.

Tastes like Brioche, toasted almond, green apple, wild strawberry.

FRANCE
Champagne

Breton, Chenin Blanc, 'La Dilettante'$84

Vouvray, Loire, France '24

Domaine Breton farms organically in Vouvray, giving Chenin Blanc the full traditional-method treatment — a second fermentation in the bottle, then a year on its lees. A great way into sparkling wine outside of Champagne.

Tastes like Green apple, pear, honeysuckle, brioche, almond.

FRANCE
Vouvray, Loire

Domaine Serol, Gamay, 'Turbullent'$66

Cote Roannaise, France NV

A cult-favorite estate in Côte Roannaise, a small appellation just outside Beaujolais sharing its grape, Gamay, from vineyards around 400 meters up. Only lightly sparkling — pétillant, not fully effervescent — and disgorged clean.

Tastes like Candied strawberry, white cherry, potpourri, spun sugar.

FRANCE
Côte Roannaise, Loire

Hammerling, Gamay Blend, 'Big Night'$72

California '24

A Berkeley-based California riff on Lambrusco, sourcing organically farmed fruit across El Dorado and the Central Coast. True bottle refermentation with no dosage, leaning on Pinot Noir and Gamay for bright red fruit — serve chilled.

Tastes like Raspberry, plum, blueberry skin, rose, violet.

CALIFORNIA
El Dorado / Central Coast

Catch & Release, Albarino, 'Swim Good'$68

Lodi, California '25

A minimal-intervention California producer working Albariño on ancient volcanic soils in Lodi — better known for old-vine Zinfandel than Spanish white grapes. Bottled as a pét-nat, so the fizz is soft and natural, no dosage.

Tastes like Green melon, prickly pear, grapefruit, chalky floral finish.

CALIFORNIA
Lodi

Schödl, Riesling Blend, Weinviertel$87

Austria NV

A certified organic and biodynamic estate in Austria's Weinviertel, blending Riesling, Grüner Veltliner and Pinot Blanc into a méthode ancestrale Pét Nat — the oldest way to make a sparkling wine, finishing its fermentation inside the bottle.

Tastes like Lime, lemon balm, lychee, chalky minerality.

AUSTRIA
Weinviertel

Crisp White

Gumphof, Sauvignon Blanc, 'Mediaevum'$80

Alto Adige, Italy '22

A second-generation Alto Adige estate run by Markus Prackwieser, growing Sauvignon Blanc organically on steep Dolomite slopes where big day-to-night swings keep the fruit ripe but the acidity razor-sharp.

Tastes like Ruby red grapefruit, candied lime, lychee, fennel, wet stone.

ITALY
Alto Adige

Courtois et Kuka, Chenin Blanc$135

'Resonance', Loire, France '22

Old, biodynamically farmed Loire vines over flinty, clay-rich soil give this Chenin Blanc its smoky, mineral edge. Native-yeast fermentation, then 18 months in neutral barrel for slow-building complexity rather than oak flavor.

Tastes like White peach, nectarine, yellow apple, flint, wild honey.

FRANCE
Loire Valley

Villagrande, Carricante$71

Etna, Sicily, Italy '23

A small, organically farmed family estate on Mount Etna, working old-vine Carricante — the region's top white grape — fermented and aged entirely in steel to protect its brisk, high-toned freshness.

Tastes like Lemon oil, salted citrus rind, tart apple, almond blossom, sea salt.

ITALY
Etna, Sicily

Almirante, Albarino, 'Vanidade'$67

Rias Baixas, Galicia, Spain '24

Farmed organically in Rías Baixas, the rain-soaked, Atlantic-facing corner of Galicia — genuinely hard to farm organic given the rot pressure. Steel-only winemaking keeps the citrus and stone fruit, and that trademark saline edge, front and center.

Tastes like Lemon-lime zest, green apple, peach pit, crushed stone.

SPAIN
Rías Baixas

Famille Gueguen, Chardonnay$84

Chablis, France '25

Céline and Frédéric Gueguen left careers at big-name Chablis estates to farm their own patch of Kimmeridgian limestone — the same ancient, oyster-fossil seabed that gives Chablis its signature saline edge. No oak, ever.

Tastes like Lemon citrus, white peach, pear, oyster-shell salinity.

FRANCE
Chablis

Pardas, Malvasia, 'Blau Cru'$87

Catalonia, Penedés, Spain '22

Pardas is built around reviving grapes nearly forgotten in Catalonia — Malvasia de Sitges was planted here over twenty years ago and is farmed organically ever since. Unfiltered, with nine months on the lees for texture without weight.

Tastes like Salty papaya, unripe pineapple, jasmine, crushed rock.

SPAIN
Penedès, Catalonia

Les Lunes, Vermentino, 'Bocca al Lupo'$60

California '25

Made exclusively for us by Richmond-based Les Lunes, this Vermentino-led blend channels the bright, saline whites of coastal Liguria. Fermented entirely in steel to protect its freshness, with mouth-watering acidity that makes it a natural match for anything off the raw bar.

Tastes like Meyer lemon, salted nectarine, green apple, sea spray, wildflower.

CALIFORNIA
Northern California

Estroversa, Trebbiano$76

Abruzzo, Italy '23

Agricola Estroversa takes Trebbiano — usually dismissed as Central Italy's neutral bulk grape — seriously: half the fruit is pressed clean, half gets skin contact, all of it aged with no added sulfur in Abruzzo, near the Adriatic.

Tastes like Yellow apple skin, cider, tepache, green almond, hay.

ITALY
Abruzzo

Akrille, Catarratto di Lucido$67

Vittoria, Sicily, Italy '24

Akrille farms in Vittoria, one of southeastern Sicily's warmer, sun-drenched zones, working Catarratto — the island's most widely planted white grape, historically a blending workhorse, bottled here on its own.

Tastes like Ripe stone fruit, orchard fruit, saline, sun-baked minerality.

ITALY
Vittoria, Sicily

Michael Andres, Riesling, 'Maushöhle'$98

Kirchenberg, Pfalz, Germany '24

A biodynamic Pfalz grower still farming a steep, terraced vineyard site most others gave up on decades ago. Fermented dry in steel, this Riesling is all ripping acidity and chalky minerality — green apple and lime with a lift of mint and lemongrass. Bone dry and site-driven, for the guest who swears they don't like Riesling.

Tastes like Green apple, pear, lime, lemongrass, chalky minerality.

GERMANY
Pfalz

Textured White

Clandestina, Xarello, 'Blanc Sense Papers'$69

Catalonia, Spain '23

Ferrán Lacruz works 80-year-old Xarel·lo vines in Penedès, harvesting the same vineyard in three separate passes with different skin contact for each lot, then blending — a patchwork approach that builds real texture and grip.

Tastes like Waxy orchard fruit, pineapple, crushed rock, thyme.

SPAIN
Penedès, Catalonia

Tenuta Dornach, Pinot Bianco, '32'$144

Alto Adige, Italy '20

Tenuta Dornach farms Italy's northernmost wine region, where alpine elevation and big temperature swings preserve fresh acidity. Pinot Bianco here is a food-versatile workhorse — clean and mineral rather than aromatic.

Tastes like Orchard fruit, almond, mountain-fresh mineral finish.

ITALY
Alto Adige

Diamantakis, Assyrtiko, 'Petali'$63

Crete, Greece '25

Founded in 2007 on Crete, Diamantakis grows Assyrtiko, usually Santorini's calling card, on the island's hot, dry mainland, cooled at night by a sea breeze off the Aegean. Three months on the lees in steel builds texture without masking the grape's citrus snap.

Tastes like Grapefruit, lime curd, lime oil, pear, quince, thyme, oregano, honeysuckle, mineral finish.

GREECE
Crete

Catch & Release, Chardonnay, 'Tutti i Vizi'$68

California '24

A Sonoma-based négociant project sourcing this Chardonnay from the warmer, inland vineyards around Ukiah in Mendocino. A touch of new oak and extra time in bottle build real richness and texture — generous and food-friendly without tipping into heavy or buttery.

Tastes like Pineapple, lemon curd, yellow apple, flint, marcona almond.

CALIFORNIA
Mendocino

Bärtschi, Chardonnay, 'Sous Les Rochers La Vigne'$119

Savoie, France '23

A third-generation Savoie winemaker farming a steep, biodynamic site of century-old Chardonnay vines under limestone cliffs at 450 meters — a genuine rarity for an Alpine region better known for obscure indigenous grapes.

Tastes like Lemon pith, yellow apple, wet stone, flint, salted butter.

FRANCE
Savoie

Poderi San Lazzaro, Pecorino, 'Pistillo'$73

Le Marche, Italy '24

Poderi San Lazzaro farms organically on Italy's Adriatic coast, working Pecorino — an ancient central-Italian variety almost lost to history — fermented in steel, then rounded out with four months in neutral barrique.

Tastes like White peach, green apple, salted citrus, crushed rock, fennel.

ITALY
Le Marche

Bodrog Bormühely, Furmint, 'Lapis Dulo'$82

Tokaj, Hungary '23

Tokaj built its reputation on sweet, botrytized wine, but János and Krisztián started Bodrog Bormühely to prove the region's dry Furmint deserves just as much attention, farming 40-year-old vines on volcanic soils above the Bodrog River.

Tastes like Golden apple, honeyed peach, ripe nectarine, honeysuckle, fresh honey, orange blossom, crushed stone.

HUNGARY
Tokaj

Ricci, Timorasso, 'Derthona'$70

Colli Tortonese, Piemonte, Italy '20

Ricci farms Timorasso — a grape that nearly went extinct — in a lesser-known corner of Piemonte, aging it in acacia wood rather than oak. Built with real tension between ripe fruit and structured acidity, closer to a serious white Burgundy.

Tastes like Ripe apricot, peach, candied mango, dried jasmine, white pepper.

ITALY
Colli Tortonesi, Piemonte

Clos Savauge, Chardonnay, 'Vertige'$91

Bourgogne Blanc, Burgundy, France '24

'Vertige' comes from a 450-meter hilltop where Burgundy's bedrock shifts from limestone to pure granite — a rarity for Bourgogne Blanc. Farmed organically, hands-off in the cellar, so the granite terroir speaks clearly.

Tastes like Lemon curd, salted apple and pear, wet stone, toasted cashew.

FRANCE
Burgundy

Orange

Cirelli, Trebbiano, 'Orange' Abruzzo$57

Italy '22

Biodynamic farmer Francesco Cirelli gives Trebbiano — one of Italy's most neutral, overlooked white grapes — 20 days of skin contact on the limestone hills of Abruzzo, turning it into a fresh, zippy gateway orange wine.

Tastes like Citrus, orchard fruit, coriander, a nutty note.

ITALY
Abruzzo

Schödl, Bloody Muscat, 'In Natura'$78

Austria '23

'Bloody' Muscat is a red-skinned mutation of classic white Muscat, given about 10 days of skin contact in Austria's Weinviertel — an already intensely perfumed grape pushed further into orange-wine territory.

Tastes like Persimmon, peach, lychee, earl grey, clove.

AUSTRIA
Weinviertel

Oszkar Maurer, Welschriesling, 'Crazy Lud'$69

Subotica, Serbia '24

Oszkar Maurer is reviving Serbia's winemaking tradition near the Hungarian border, farming century-old vines still worked by horse. Welschriesling gets three days of skin contact, softened by nine months in large-format barrel.

Tastes like Dried apricot, spiced orange, roasted almond, fresh cacao.

SERBIA
Subotica

Subject to Change, White Blend, 'All Hours'$64

California '23

A blend built mostly on Chardonnay with Chenin Blanc, Viognier, Roussanne and Vermentino, each lot macerated on its skins separately in neutral steel — an easy, low-risk gateway into orange wine without the funk.

Tastes like Dried apricot, peach pit, apple, jasmine, chamomile.

CALIFORNIA
Northern California

Le Vignoble du Rêveur, Pinot Gris Blend, 'Artisan'$92

Alsace, France '23

Mathieu Deiss, son of Alsace legend Jean-Michel Deiss, farms his grandfather's vines with partner Emmanuelle Milan under the name "The Dreamer's Vineyard." A blend of Gewürztraminer and Pinot Gris with ten days of skin contact, bone dry despite reading almost exotic on the nose.

Tastes like Dried apricot, orange peel, ripe papaya, rose petal, jasmine tea, toasted malt.

FRANCE
Alsace

Rosé

Grosbois, Cab Franc Rosé, 'Extra Ball' Loire Valley$60

France '23

Domaine Grosbois farms Cabernet Franc biodynamically in Chinon, in the heart of the Loire. Direct-pressed with no extended skin contact, so it stays pale and red-fruited with real spine underneath.

Tastes like Strawberry, red currant, grapefruit, tomato leaf, white pepper.

FRANCE
Chinon, Loire

La Onda, Cabernet, 'Blanco de Tinto'$78

North Yuba, California '18

La Onda works high-elevation granite soils in California's Sierra Foothills, pressing Cabernet Sauvignon direct to juice like a white wine — about as hands-off and natural as winemaking gets, and genuinely surprising in the glass.

Tastes like Waxy honeydew, durian, grapefruit oil, bell pepper.

CALIFORNIA
North Yuba, Sierra Foothills

Stagiaire, Pinot Noir Rosé, 'Dreams on Layaway'$87

Carneros, California '24

Stagiaire's 'Dreams on Layaway' takes rosé seriously — 100% Pinot Noir from cool, fog-cooled Carneros, gently pressed and aged a long 18 months in neutral barrel for real weight and savory complexity.

Tastes like Clementine, dried strawberry, nectarine, oyster shell, sage.

CALIFORNIA
Carneros

Sulauze, Grenache Rosé, 'Pitchounette'$60

Aix en Provence, France '25

Domaine Sulauze farms biodynamically at scale in Aix-en-Provence, the region most associated with pale, dry pink wine. Grenache, Syrah and Cinsault pressed direct with minimal skin contact, aged entirely in steel.

Tastes like Grapefruit, white strawberry, wet stone, herbal garrigue.

FRANCE
Aix-en-Provence

Cornelissen, Nerello Mascalese$83

'Susucaru', Etna, Sicily '21

Frank Cornelissen, one of natural wine's most celebrated names, co-ferments Sicily's native reds and whites on Mount Etna, 750 meters up on volcanic soil — landing somewhere between a deep rosé and a light red.

Tastes like Raspberry, red currant, dried rose, iron-tinged minerality.

ITALY
Etna, Sicily

Flour + Water, Nero D'Avola, 'Mortadella'$59

Lodi, California '23

Flour + Water's own house rosé, built around Nero d'Avola — a deeply colored, herbal red grape native to Sicily — with about five hours of skin contact, taking cues from Italy's darker, heartier rosato tradition.

Tastes like Fermented watermelon, strawberry jam, candied plum, wet stone.

CALIFORNIA
Lodi

Lighter Red

La Miraja, Grignolino$66

Asti, Piemonte, Italy '23

La Miraja farms Grignolino in Asti's cool, foggy, limestone hills — a thin-skinned native red so tricky to grow that few producers bother anymore. Deceptively pale, with real tannin and racy acidity underneath.

Tastes like Tart raspberry, strawberry, rose hip, white pepper, anise.

ITALY
Asti, Piemonte

Colombera & Garella, Nebbiolo Blend, 'Cottinagno'$126

Bramaterra, Piemonte, Italy '18

Nebbiolo from Bramaterra, a cooler, volcanic-soil pocket at the foot of the Alps — not the Barolo or Barbaresco most staff picture. Cristiano Garella keeps it fresh and aromatic rather than powerful.

Tastes like Strawberry, raspberry, baked cherry, iron, forest floor.

ITALY
Bramaterra, Piemonte

Mortellito, Frappato, 'Cala Niuru'$62

Valle di Noto, Sicily '24

Mostly Frappato with a splash of Nero d'Avola, from ancient sandy soils in southeastern Sicily. Cement tank only, so nothing dulls the fresh, perfumed, chillable character — Sicily's answer to a herb-garden red.

Tastes like Dried strawberry, raspberry jam, lavender, thyme, rose hips.

ITALY
Valle di Noto, Sicily

Vino Pijoan, Grenache, 'Vino Pelon'$73

Valle de Guadalupe, Mexico '24

A small, family-run biodynamic estate in Mexico's Valle de Guadalupe, founded in 2002. This natural, no-sulfur field blend of Grenache, Syrah, Merlot and a splash of Muscat is co-fermented rather than blended after the fact.

Tastes like Cranberry, blueberry, rose hips, violets, sweet tobacco.

MEXICO
Valle de Guadalupe

Julien Cruchandeau, Pinot Noir$105

'Les Cabotts', Côtes de Nuits, Burgundy '23

Julien Cruchandeau's 'Les Cabotts' comes from a single vineyard in the Côte de Nuits — arguably the most famous strip of Pinot Noir dirt on earth — positioned as real value inside a notoriously expensive region.

Tastes like Fresh cherry, wild strawberry, crushed chalk, forest floor, rose.

FRANCE
Côte de Nuits, Burgundy

Sant Armettu, Sciaccarellu, 'Rosumarinu'$88

Corsica, France, '23

Domaine Sant Armettu, now in its third generation, grows Corsica's own indigenous Sciaccarellu organically on granite soils — thin-skinned and light-bodied, meant to be served with a chill.

Tastes like Candied cherry, overripe plum, baking spice, rhubarb.

FRANCE
Corsica

Jolie Laide, Sangiovese Blend, 'Fiasco'$64

North Coast, California '25

Jolie Laide's newest collaboration, 'Fiasco' — a wink at old Chianti's straw-wrapped bottles, though it's pure North Coast California. Lightly macerated Sangiovese blended with skin-fermented Pinot Gris for texture.

Tastes like Raspberry, cherry, citrus, hibiscus, wet stone.

CALIFORNIA
North Coast

Granville, Pinot Noir, 'Basalt'$88

Willamette Valley, Oregon '24

Granville's 'Basalt' is Oregon doing the opposite of what an over-saturated Pinot market expects: instead of tannic grip and oak dominance, a fresh, precise, mineral-driven wine with lifted aromatics, grown on volcanic basalt soils and aged in partially new French oak.

Tastes like Bing cherry, red plum, dark raspberry, sweet tobacco, vanilla bean.

UNITED STATES
Willamette Valley

Medium Red

Tre Pile, Nebbiolo$115

Barolo, Piemonte, Italy '20

From Bussia, one of the most historic crus in Barolo, made by the Ghisolfi family across four generations. Two full years in large Slovenian oak — big enough to soften tannin without stamping on obvious oak flavor.

Tastes like Cherry, dried strawberry, pomegranate, sweet tobacco, eucalyptus.

ITALY
Barolo, Piemonte

Scarzello, Nebbiolo$85

Langhe, Piemonte, Italy '22

Scarzello is one of Barolo's great old families, farming for nearly 300 years across eight generations. This Langhe Nebbiolo is their entry point — younger vines, a lighter touch, drinkable now.

Tastes like Candied cherry, dried cranberry, red currant, rose, violet.

ITALY
Langhe, Piemonte

Graci, Nerello Mascalese$76

Etna, Sicily, Italy '22

Alberto Graci, one of Etna's rising stars, farms organically at 750 meters on volcanic soil. Fermented and aged in large neutral barrels so the fruit and site speak for themselves.

Tastes like Dried cranberry, dusty cherry, dried roses, smoky volcanic minerality.

ITALY
Etna, Sicily

Renzo Castella, Nebbiolo, 'Cogliere la Nebbia'$64

Piemonte '24

'Cogliere la Nebbia' — 'Grasp the Fog' — is a small, organic Piemonte farm's accessible, youthful entry into Nebbiolo, made in neutral barrels so nothing masks the grape's own high-acid character.

Tastes like Cherry, dried strawberry, rose hips, anise, eucalyptus.

ITALY
Piemonte

Tenuta di Carleone, Sangiovese$96

Chianti Classico, Tuscany, Italy '21

Tenuta di Carleone farms Radda, one of Chianti Classico's higher, cooler villages, organically. A long 45-to-60-day maceration builds depth, then a mix of oak and cement preserves purity of fruit.

Tastes like Plump cherry, dried strawberry, rosemary, tar, cocoa nibs.

ITALY
Chianti Classico, Tuscany

Schödl, Saint Laurent, 'Sankt'$75

Weinviertel, Austria'23

A new-generation Austrian estate spotlighting Saint Laurent — a red grape essentially native to Austria few guests will know. Native-yeast fermentation, neutral oak, precision over power.

Tastes like Dark cherries, nectarine, licorice, violets, forest floor.

AUSTRIA
Weinviertel

Vignedimare, Corinto Nero Blend$75

Salina, Italy '22

Vignedimare farms Salina, a volcanic Aeolian island off Sicily's north coast, where black sand and constant sea wind shape Corinto Nero — a local cousin of Nero d'Avola. Two years in steel, no oak.

Tastes like Blackberry, plum skin, sun-dried tomato, volcanic ash.

ITALY
Salina, Aeolian Islands

Fattoria di Sammontana, Sangiovese$68

Chianti, Italy '24

On land once owned by the Medici family and later by monks who built underground cellars, Fattoria di Sammontana tends 13 hectares along the Arno River, just 20 kilometers from Florence. Fermented naturally in concrete, aged without oak.

Tastes like Bing cherry, dark raspberry, strawberry jam, pipe tobacco, violets.

ITALY
Chianti, Tuscany

Enoz, Piedirosso, 'Tra Cielo e Terra'$79

Roccamonfina, Campania, Italy '24

Roberto Zeno left Naples to farm his family's land at the foot of a dormant volcano, planting Piedirosso against everyone's advice — it's brutal to grow and harder to vinify. Fermented and aged entirely in clay amphora; fewer than 1,000 bottles made.

Tastes like Ripe plum, dark pomegranate, sour cherry, violet, volcanic ash, iron.

ITALY
Roccamonfina, Campania

Pithon, Grenache Blend, 'Mon P'tit Pithon'$62

Cotes Catalanes, France '25

Nicknamed "Bio-Man" for farming biodynamically before it was fashionable, Olivier Pithon makes this Grenache-led blend with Syrah and Mourvèdre as the playful, approachable side of his otherwise serious Roussillon portfolio. Fermented and aged in concrete.

Tastes like Dark raspberry, crushed blueberry, bramble berry, violets, anise.

FRANCE
Cotes Catalanes, Roussillon

Fuller Red

Chateau le Puy, Merlot Blend, 'Emilien'$138

Saint Emilion, Bordeaux, France '21

A 14th-generation biodynamic Bordeaux estate sitting on the doorstep of Saint-Émilion's most famous, most expensive names — priced far more approachably since the family has never chased trophy status. Merlot-driven, no new oak.

Tastes like Black cherry, plum skin, blackberry, tobacco leaf, baking spice.

FRANCE
Saint-Émilion, Bordeaux

Spring Mountain, Cabernet Sauvignon$120

Napa Valley, California '95

Spring Mountain sits at 1,200 to 1,600 feet on Napa's western ridge, above the fog line on volcanic soil. This 1995 carries three decades of bottle age — primary fruit long folded into cedar, tobacco, and baking spice.

Tastes like Black cherry, black currant, cedar, pipe tobacco, licorice.

CALIFORNIA
Spring Mountain, Napa

Cipriano, Teroldego, 'Teroldigo'$68

Alto Adige, Italy '22

A former ski instructor turned natural winemaker farms just 2.5 hectares at 700 meters in Alto Adige, on the same volcanic plot his grandfather grew tobacco on. Teroldego, a genetic cousin of Syrah, unfined and unfiltered.

Tastes like Black and blue fruit, violet, black pepper, graphite.

ITALY
Alto Adige

Luddite, Syrah Blend, 'Saboteur'$92

Walker Bay, South Africa '14

Niels Verburg farms Bot River, 30km from the cold Atlantic on South Africa's Walker Bay — cool enough to keep this Shiraz-driven blend from tipping jammy. Already carrying 11 years of bottle age.

Tastes like Baked plum, black cherry, pepper, clove, sandalwood.

SOUTH AFRICA
Walker Bay

Li Veli, Negroamaro, 'Pezzo Morgana'$70

Salice Salentino, Puglia, Italy '22

Masseria Li Veli farms a single parcel in Salice Salentino, deep in Puglia's heel, where cooling Adriatic breezes keep Negroamaro balanced rather than jammy. A long 12 months in neutral French oak.

Tastes like Blackberry, baked plum, dark cherry, cedar, tobacco.

ITALY
Salice Salentino, Puglia

North American Press, Field Blend$67

The Mentor', Nevada '23

North American Press makes serious wine at 5,500 feet in Douglas County, Nevada, using cold-hardy hybrid grapes bred to survive brutal high-altitude winters — an extreme site behind a genuinely unusual bottle.

Tastes like Black currant, black plum, blackberry, violets, sage.

NEVADA
Douglas County

Bolsignano, Sangiovese$64

Rosso di Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy '23

Bolsignano farms Montalcino, the zone behind Brunello — this Rosso is Sangiovese's younger, more approachable sibling. Just six months in large Slavonian oak, so the fruit and site lead, not the wood.

Tastes like Bright red cherry, raspberry, dried herbs, pipe tobacco.

ITALY
Montalcino, Tuscany

Graveirette, Marselan, 'Musc'$59

Rhone, France '22

Domaine de la Graveirette farms biodynamically in the southern Rhône, where the Mistral wind keeps vineyards naturally healthy. Marselan — a modern cross of Cabernet Sauvignon and Grenache — aged a year in concrete, no added sulfur.

Tastes like Dark plum, blackberry, cacao, black licorice, lavender.

FRANCE
Vaucluse, Rhône

Vignetti Massa, Barbera, 'Monleale'$90

Colli Tortonesi, Piemonte, Italy '15

Walter Massa is widely credited with saving obscure Piemontese grapes from disappearing. This Barbera gets two years in neutral barrel and an unusually long eight years of bottle age before release.

Tastes like Prune, dried currants, black plum, old book, dried rosemary.

ITALY
Colli Tortonesi, Piemonte

Bubbles + White — By the Glass

Col di Luna, Glera, 'Flora'$14

Prosecco, Veneto, Italy NV

A small, family-run certified organic estate in the Veneto farming old Glera vines on limestone soil — a rarity in a region dominated by industrial-scale Prosecco. Bottled with no dosage, so it finishes genuinely bone dry instead of the sweet, simple style most guests expect.

Tastes like Salted lemon, white nectarine, green apple, chalky floral lift.

ITALY
Veneto

Serol, Gamay, 'Turbullent'$17

Cote Roannaise, France NV

A cult-favorite estate in Côte Roannaise, a small appellation just outside Beaujolais sharing its grape, Gamay, from vineyards around 400 meters up. Only lightly sparkling — pétillant, not fully effervescent — and disgorged clean.

Tastes like Candied strawberry, white cherry, potpourri, spun sugar.

FRANCE
Côte Roannaise, Loire

Hammerling, Sparkling Red, ‘Big Night’$17

California ‘24

A Berkeley-based California riff on Lambrusco, sourcing organically farmed fruit across El Dorado and the Central Coast. True bottle refermentation with no dosage, leaning on Pinot Noir and Gamay for bright red fruit — serve chilled.

Tastes like Raspberry, plum, blueberry skin, rose, violet.

CALIFORNIA
El Dorado / Central Coast

Les Lunes, Vermentino, 'Bocca al Lupo'$16

California '25

Made exclusively for us by Richmond-based Les Lunes, this Vermentino-led blend channels the bright, saline whites of coastal Liguria. Fermented entirely in steel to protect its freshness, with mouth-watering acidity that makes it a natural match for anything off the raw bar.

Tastes like Meyer lemon, salted nectarine, green apple, sea spray, wildflower

CALIFORNIA
Northern California

Villagrande, Carricante$17

Etna, Sicily, Italy '23

A small, organically farmed family estate on Mount Etna, working old-vine Carricante — the region's top white grape — fermented and aged entirely in steel to protect its brisk, high-toned freshness.

Tastes like Lemon oil, salted citrus rind, tart apple, almond blossom, sea salt.

ITALY
Etna, Sicily

Catch & Release, Chardonnay, 'Tutti i Vizi'$17

California '24

A Sonoma-based négociant project sourcing this Chardonnay from the warmer, inland vineyards around Ukiah in Mendocino. A touch of new oak and extra time in bottle build real richness and texture — generous and food-friendly without tipping into heavy or buttery.

Tastes like Pineapple, lemon curd, yellow apple, flint, marcona almond

CALIFORNIA
Mendocino

Clandestina, Xarello, 'Sense Papers'$17

Catalonia, Spain '23

Ferrán Lacruz works 80-year-old Xarel·lo vines in Penedès, harvesting the same vineyard in three separate passes with different skin contact for each lot, then blending — a patchwork approach that builds real texture and grip.

Tastes like Waxy orchard fruit, pineapple, crushed rock, thyme.

SPAIN
Penedès, Catalonia

Rosé + Orange — By the Glass

Subject to Change, White Blend, 'All Hours'$16

California '23

A blend built mostly on Chardonnay with Chenin Blanc, Viognier, Roussanne and Vermentino, each lot macerated on its skins separately in neutral steel — an easy, low-risk gateway into orange wine without the funk.

Tastes like Dried apricot, peach pit, apple, jasmine, chamomile.

CALIFORNIA
Northern California

Grosbois, Cab Franc Rosé, 'Extra Ball', Loire Valley$16

France '23

Domaine Grosbois farms Cabernet Franc biodynamically in Chinon, in the heart of the Loire. Direct-pressed with no extended skin contact, so it stays pale and red-fruited with real spine underneath.

Tastes like Strawberry, red currant, grapefruit, tomato leaf, white pepper.

FRANCE
Chinon, Loire

Red — By the Glass

Jolie Laide, Chilled Red, 'Fiasco'$16

North Coast, California '25

Jolie Laide's newest collaboration, 'Fiasco' — a wink at old Chianti's straw-wrapped bottles, though it's pure North Coast California. Lightly macerated Sangiovese blended with skin-fermented Pinot Gris for texture.

Tastes like Raspberry, cherry, citrus, hibiscus, wet stone.

CALIFORNIA
North Coast

Granville, Pinot Noir, 'Basalt'$21

Willamette Valley, Oregon '24

Granville's 'Basalt' is Oregon doing the opposite of what an over-saturated Pinot market expects: instead of tannic grip and oak dominance, a fresh, precise, mineral-driven wine with lifted aromatics, grown on volcanic basalt soils and aged in partially new French oak.

Tastes like Bing cherry, red plum, dark raspberry, sweet tobacco, vanilla bean.

UNITED STATES
Willamette Valley

Renzo Castella, Nebbiolo, 'Cogliere la Nebbia'$17

Piemonte '24

'Cogliere la Nebbia' — 'Grasp the Fog' — is a small, organic Piemonte farm's accessible, youthful entry into Nebbiolo, made in neutral barrels so nothing masks the grape's own high-acid character.

Tastes like Cherry, dried strawberry, rose hips, anise, eucalyptus.

ITALY
Piemonte

Pithon, Grenache Blend, 'Mon P'tit Pithon'

Cotes Catalanes, France '25

Nicknamed "Bio-Man" for farming biodynamically before it was fashionable, Olivier Pithon makes this Grenache-led blend with Syrah and Mourvèdre as the playful, approachable side of his otherwise serious Roussillon portfolio. Fermented and aged in concrete.

Tastes like Dark raspberry, crushed blueberry, bramble berry, violets, anise.

FRANCE
Cotes Catalanes, Roussillon

Fattoria di Sammontana, Sangiovese$17

Chianti, Italy '24

On land once owned by the Medici family and later by monks who built underground cellars, Fattoria di Sammontana tends 13 hectares along the Arno River, just 20 kilometers from Florence. Fermented naturally in concrete, aged without oak.

Tastes like Bing cherry, dark raspberry, strawberry jam, pipe tobacco, violets.

ITALY
Chianti, Tuscany

North American Press, Field Blend, 'The Mentor'$17

Nevada '23

North American Press makes serious wine at 5,500 feet in Douglas County, Nevada, using cold-hardy hybrid grapes bred to survive brutal high-altitude winters — an extreme site behind a genuinely unusual bottle.

Tastes like Black currant, black plum, blackberry, violets, sage.

NEVADA
Douglas County

Spring Mountain, Cabernet$26

Napa Valley, California '95

Spring Mountain sits at 1,200 to 1,600 feet on Napa's western ridge, above the fog line on volcanic soil. This 1995 carries three decades of bottle age — primary fruit long folded into cedar, tobacco, and baking spice.

Tastes like Black cherry, black currant, cedar, pipe tobacco, licorice.

CALIFORNIA
Spring Mountain, Napa