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2022

Wood Family Vineyards

Hot Lips Brut Méthode Champenoise

Made in the traditional Méthode Champenoise, this sparkling wine spent 5 months in tank before aging 18 months on the lees. It opens with bright citrus and orchard fruit layered with French pastry notes. The palate is full-bodied with a super creamy mousse and building richness, balanced by bright, crunchy acidity and a chalky minerality that carries through the long finish.

2023

Las Positas Vineyards

Estate Albarino

Fermented in stainless steel and bottled just a few months later, this vibrant white wine is crafted by winemaker Brent Amos, with assistant winemaker Aaron Andrews (who began his journey as a busboy and worked his way up through the cellar). Bright and laser-focused, it shows crisp citrus character with notes of orange oil, sea spray minerality, and white floral aromatics woven throughout.

2023

Siboney Cellars

Bingham Vineyards, Albariño

Super delicate on the nose, with wildflowers and white-peach notes and just a kiss of vanilla. Light- to medium-bodied, with those same lifted aromatics carrying onto the palate, finishing crisp with a faint, chalky minerality. 100% Albariño. Five barrels made, with some new-oak ageing. Sourced from Bingham Vineyards — who also grow organic peanuts and cotton.

2024

Augusta Vin

Albarino

Fermented in stainless steel and oak-aged for roughly six to eight months before bottling. Lovely, subtle aromatics of citrus oil and honeysuckle lead into a medium-bodied palate with a silky, satiny mouthfeel. Bright citrus zest and citrus oil keep the palate lively, fresh, and full of energy, carrying through with good length and tension. You would be hard-pressed to detect any oak influence apart from the beautifully silky texture.

2024

B Cellars

Albarino

Wow — this is all acid. Candied mineral freshness, citrus fruit, bone-dry, crisp, vivid, clean, and bright. Wet chalk and slate, with a brightness that’s hard to beat. “These grapes hold their acid like a railroad track,” says winemaker Kirk Venge. Some honeyed notes and jasmine flowers linger on the finish. You need a pecorino drizzled in honey with this.

2024

Las Positas Vineyards

Estate Albarino

As if a just-picked basket of limes and lemons were squeezed into your glass, this wine bursts with citrus purity, layered with jasmine flowers and honeysuckle nuances. Absolutely bracing and racy on the palate, with spicy, zesty, and zippy acid tension fueling the finish. This is your salad wine. Your carnitas tacos wine. Your post–18 holes first glass refresher before you dive into a hearty red with steak and potatoes.

2024

Rhinory

Veesart Vineyard, Albarino

Veesart Vineyards is a 45-acre site in Shallowater, Texas, northwest of Lubbock. This wine underwent a slow, cold fermentation to preserve its bright, ripe aromatics of banana pudding, white peach, and delicate white florals. A touch of skin contact adds texture, leading to a precise, crisp, and crunchy palate expression with citrus fruit and subtle apple-skin tannins.

2024

Thirty-Seven Wines

Albarino

Lemon, limes, sea spray, and lime blossoms. Medium bodied with luscious citrus and orchard fruit. Positively vibrant acidity that is saline-laced, finishing with beeswax and apple blossoms. Fragrant, energetic, silky, and focused with scintillating tension. All the things! This 100% Albariño was made by Winemaker Shane Finley from grapes grown in a Certified California Sustainable vineyard, located in the Petaluma Gap AVA on the rolling hillsides of southern Sonoma County, overlooking the north shore of San Francisco Bay. It was aged for 10 months in 60% concrete egg, 40% neutral French oak.

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Type

Color

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2022

Producer

Name

Made in the traditional Méthode Champenoise, this sparkling wine spent 5 months in tank before aging 18 months on the lees. It opens with bright citrus and orchard fruit layered with French pastry notes. The palate is full-bodied with a super creamy mousse and building richness, balanced by bright, crunchy acidity and a chalky minerality that carries through the long finish.

2023

Producer

Name

Fermented in stainless steel and bottled just a few months later, this vibrant white wine is crafted by winemaker Brent Amos, with assistant winemaker Aaron Andrews (who began his journey as a busboy and worked his way up through the cellar). Bright and laser-focused, it shows crisp citrus character with notes of orange oil, sea spray minerality, and white floral aromatics woven throughout.

2023

Producer

Name

Super delicate on the nose, with wildflowers and white-peach notes and just a kiss of vanilla. Light- to medium-bodied, with those same lifted aromatics carrying onto the palate, finishing crisp with a faint, chalky minerality. 100% Albariño. Five barrels made, with some new-oak ageing. Sourced from Bingham Vineyards — who also grow organic peanuts and cotton.

2024

Producer

Name

Fermented in stainless steel and oak-aged for roughly six to eight months before bottling. Lovely, subtle aromatics of citrus oil and honeysuckle lead into a medium-bodied palate with a silky, satiny mouthfeel. Bright citrus zest and citrus oil keep the palate lively, fresh, and full of energy, carrying through with good length and tension. You would be hard-pressed to detect any oak influence apart from the beautifully silky texture.

2024

Producer

Name

Wow — this is all acid. Candied mineral freshness, citrus fruit, bone-dry, crisp, vivid, clean, and bright. Wet chalk and slate, with a brightness that’s hard to beat. “These grapes hold their acid like a railroad track,” says winemaker Kirk Venge. Some honeyed notes and jasmine flowers linger on the finish. You need a pecorino drizzled in honey with this.

2024

Producer

Name

As if a just-picked basket of limes and lemons were squeezed into your glass, this wine bursts with citrus purity, layered with jasmine flowers and honeysuckle nuances. Absolutely bracing and racy on the palate, with spicy, zesty, and zippy acid tension fueling the finish. This is your salad wine. Your carnitas tacos wine. Your post–18 holes first glass refresher before you dive into a hearty red with steak and potatoes.

2024

Producer

Name

Veesart Vineyards is a 45-acre site in Shallowater, Texas, northwest of Lubbock. This wine underwent a slow, cold fermentation to preserve its bright, ripe aromatics of banana pudding, white peach, and delicate white florals. A touch of skin contact adds texture, leading to a precise, crisp, and crunchy palate expression with citrus fruit and subtle apple-skin tannins.

2024

Producer

Name

Lemon, limes, sea spray, and lime blossoms. Medium bodied with luscious citrus and orchard fruit. Positively vibrant acidity that is saline-laced, finishing with beeswax and apple blossoms. Fragrant, energetic, silky, and focused with scintillating tension. All the things! This 100% Albariño was made by Winemaker Shane Finley from grapes grown in a Certified California Sustainable vineyard, located in the Petaluma Gap AVA on the rolling hillsides of southern Sonoma County, overlooking the north shore of San Francisco Bay. It was aged for 10 months in 60% concrete egg, 40% neutral French oak.

Vintage

Wine

Type

Rating

$

2022

2022 Wood Family Vineyards Hot Lips Brut Méthode Champenoise

Sparkling Wine

$

2023

2023 Las Positas Vineyards Estate Albarino

Still Wine

$

2023

2023 Siboney Cellars Bingham Vineyards, Albariño

-

$

2024

2024 Augusta Vin Albarino

Still

N/A

2024

2024 B Cellars Albarino

Still Wine

$

2024

2024 Las Positas Vineyards Estate Albarino

Still Wine

$

2024

2024 Rhinory Veesart Vineyard, Albarino

-

$

2024

2024 Thirty-Seven Wines Albarino

Still Wine

$

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