Red Wine Archives - St Pete Cellars

2019 Château Montelena, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, CA

Daniel Myers — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 17:37:36 +0000

Producer: The oldest Napa Valley Winery, established in 1882 by Alfred L. Tubbs. Now an iconic winery with its stone castle carved into the hillside, currently owned by Bo Barrett since 1972, he reopened the estate after renovating the property, he replanted the vineyard and installed some energy saving cutting edge technologies. The Estate is […]

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2021 Gran Moraine, Pinot Noir, Yamhill-Carlton District, OR

Daniel Myers — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 17:36:49 +0000

Producer: Barbara Banke, co-founder of Jackson family wines created Gran Moraine in 2014. Winemaker Shane Moore, crafts cool climate wines from hillside vineyards, 190 acres of estate grown vines, of classic Burgundian varieties. Place: On the western edge of Oregon’s Willamette Valley, Yamhill-Carlton AVA, in the eastern foothills of the Coast Range. Cultivation: 321 days […]

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2022 Rogue Vine, ‘Pipeno’ Tinto, Itata Valley, Chile

Daniel Myers — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 17:36:12 +0000

Producer: A project by 2 friends, Justin Decker & Leo Erazo (winemaker for Altos Las Hormigas in Mendoza, Argentina) started in 2011, in a garage in Concepcion. The 2 are making wine ‘with character…& a strong sense of origin’ from old bush vines in the Itata hills. Place: The winery is located in Conception, and […]

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2020 Château des Bachelards, ‘Comtesse de Vazeilles’ Fleurie, Beaujolais, France

Daniel Myers — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 17:35:46 +0000

Producer: The estate was founded in the 11th century by Benedictine Monks of the Cluny Abbey, calling it Les Bachelards ‘place of god’ in the Oil language. The Abbey was destroyed during the French revolution but the farm remained. Alexandra de Vazeilles, studied in the States where she obtained a degree in viticulture & oenology, […]

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2019 Château Montelena, ‘Estate’ Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, CA

Daniel Myers — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 17:35:22 +0000

Producer: The oldest Napa Valley Winery, originally established in 1882 by Alfred L. Tubbs. Now an iconic winery with its stone castle carved into the hillside, currently owned by Bo Barrett since 1972, he reopened the estate after renovating the property, replanting the vineyard and installing some energy saving cutting edge technologies. The Estate is […]

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2021 Partida Creus, ‘TP’ Catalunya Red, Penedes, Spain

Daniel Myers — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 17:35:00 +0000

Producer: A small artisanal winery created by Massimo Marchiori & Antonella Gerosa, former architects from Piedmont that settled in the coastal countryside of Penedes in 2000, becoming farmers & cult winemakers with a recognizable 2 letter label. The couple purchased an old cottage-winery ‘El Maiol’ a property surrounded by a protected forest, almond & olive […]

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2018 Scarpa ‘Tettimorra’ Barolo, Piedmont, Italy

Daniel Myers — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 17:34:25 +0000

Producer: A Historic winery founded in 1854 by a Venetian, Antonio Scarpa. Mario Pesce’s family purchased Antica Casa Vinicola Scarpa in 1949 converting the facility, expanding the estate & putting it on the world map. Mario creates a true house style using cellar aging techniques & extended bottle aging before release. Today the Scarpa team, […]

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2020 Lovo, ‘Blossom’ Rosso, Veneto, Italy

Daniel Myers — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 17:33:56 +0000

Producer: Salvatore Lovo works with his wife Rita & daughter Silvia, growing varieties of northern Italy, tending 17 hectares of high-altitude vines & working with like minded local growers. The winery was built in 2004 on farmlands that have been in the family since the 18th century. Place: The estate is located in the village […]

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2022 Lingua Franca, ‘Avni’ Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, OR

Daniel Myers — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 17:33:34 +0000

Producer: Alfredo Maestro Tejeror, grew up in a winemaking family in Penafiel, started making his own wine in 1998. He makes wine without additives from old vine, neglected, poor soil, high elevation parcels around Castilla y Leon & Sierra de Gredos Mountains. The goal ‘easy wines with character imprinted with the earth & the vintage’. […]

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2022 Lingua Franca, ‘Avni’ Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, OR

Daniel Myers — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 17:33:08 +0000

Producer: Master sommelier Larry Stone purchased the Janzen Farm in 2012, soon joined by Burgundy winemakers Dominique Lafon + protege Thomas Savre(now the winemaker) Lingua Franca ‘ the common or universal language’ Place: in the heart of Eola-Amity Hills, Willamette Valley Oregon Soil: Gelderman, silty Nekia, Jory Varietal: Pinot Noir Farming: organic/ biodynamic principles – […]

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