BYDAND Estate Wines from Wine Spectrum on Vimeo. Wine Spectrum has been a big fan of Bydand’s limited-production wines for many years. Our team loves the wines and jumped at the opportunity to video Colin Gordon and Tim Beranek on their estate vineyard in Napa Valley. Bydand not only produces a delicious Napa Valley Cabernet, […]
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100 PT Winemakers, Cabernet Sauvignon, Spotlight, Winemakers, Winemaking
Meet Napa Valley’s 100 PT Winemakers
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May
May
The Best Winemakers in Napa Valley Is wine made in the vineyards or in the cellar? Some of the finest talents in the world debate this point. However, most inspired winemakers lean towards making themselves invisible in the wine—their talent is entirely versed in detecting subtleties in the vineyard or the vintage, adapting to it […]
Spotlight, Varietals, Winemakers
8 Years in the Desert : A New Wine from Dave Phinney and Orin Swift
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Aug
Aug
Wine lovers across the country may not know him by name, but they have seen and drank his wines. They are everywhere, from grocery stores to high-end wine shops. Even the wine-curious, that know his many brands, such as the Prisoner and Orin Swift, know little about the mind behind some of the most successful […]
Spotlight, Varietals, Winemakers
Former Screaming Eagle Winemaker, Andy Erickson’s New Wine: Leviathan
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Apr
Apr
His resumé is extensive, Screaming Eagle, Harlan, Spottswoode, Ovid, Dalla Valle, Staglin, Favia, Mayacamas, Mulderbosch. Andy knows a thing or two about making wines in California. Not just any wines, he has been winemaker at some of the most legendary wineries in The United States and is now even dabbling in historic places like South […]
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Nov
Nov
Justin Lattanzio moved to San Francisco from the East Coast in the Fall of 1996, knowing very little about wine. However, with all of the great restaurants and wine shops in the San Francisco Bay area, it was easy for him to find and to taste some of the finest wines from California and around […]
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Jun
Jun
Rolando Herrera was a teetotaler until he discovered he had a good wine palate. The native of Michoacan, Mexico, was working as a laborer before discovering an interest in winemaking. He is now founder and sole proprietor of Mi Sueño Winery, and his wines are poured in restaurants throughout the U.S.—and even at a 2001 […]
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Apr
Apr
A decade ago, Wine Spectrum was introduced to several fantastic, but unknown, winemakers. They were just getting their start and coming into their own, making great wines, but flying very ‘under the radar.’ Some of these now familiar names and faces include Jason Woodbridge of Hundred Acre, Tor Kenward of Tor and Russell Bevan of […]
Spotlight, Winemakers, Wineries
Ramey Wine Cellars. Guided by passion and a commitment to goodness in the glass.
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Apr
Apr
A DELICATE BALANCE Ramey Wine Cellars is dedicated to creating high quality, handcrafted wines with balance and richness from the area’s finest vineyards. Our philosophy is our process: It’s about respect for the land. Nature guides our process and we listen – closely. It’s about terroir. The vineyards are selected for their ability to sustainably produce […]
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Mar
Mar
An excerpt from the 1/14/16 edition of the New York Times Santa Cruz Cabernet: Wines You Never Knew By ERIC ASIMOV “Where cabernet grows the best is the Silicon Valley side, the high-value real estate area,” said Marty Mathis, president of Kathryn Kennedy Winery, which has made excellent cabernet sauvignon in Saratoga since Ms. Kennedy, Mr. […]
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Feb
Feb
Benoit is a star on the rise in the wine world and is devoted to continuing the tradition of producing wines of distinction and acclaim. “For me it’s all about the mindset, about what kind of freedom you’re going to get. I’m the kind of person who likes to build something, not just maintain it.” ~ Benoit […]
