High Fives

Sunset Magazine's 150th Anniversary Issue

Top Wines of 2018

By Luke Sykora

2017 TRAIL MARKER WINE CO. BARTOLOMEI VINEYARD ROSÉ OF CARIGNAN (MENDOCINO COUNTY; $21) “Juicy
 and round, more strawberry than mineral. -READ MORE

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LA MAGAZINE

By Brittany Martin; April 17, 2018

There's a Tranquil Dinner Party Hidden Away Inside Cochella - READ MORE

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Wine&Spirits

Best Roses of 2018; 92pt.

When Drew Huffine isn’t making wine at Roessler, and his partner, Emily Virgil, isn’t busy running the tasting room at Lioco, the two focus on their own project, making small lots of wine like this rosé from a family vineyard east of Ukiah. It’s a bold rosé with firm tannins that give it a light red-wine structure, while the juicy, persimmon-red flavors open up to floral scents and peppery spice. Serve it with country pâté. 364 cases)

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SF CHRONICLE

By Jon Bonné, August 14, 2015 

How to be a great winemaker? Sweat equity is key

One way to edge into the California wine business? A checkbook and a dream, the former bigger than the latter. But there’s also a way in through pure sweat equity —READ MORE