Her work in the cellar is both precise and defined by a light touch, one reminiscent of the approach at the Rhone’s legendary Grenache source, Chateau Rayas. In 2007, while working cellar and assistant winemaking jobs in Santa Barbara and Sonoma, she launched her own label, A Tribute to Grace, with a single wine from that vineyard, Santa Barbara Highlands.įive years later she dropped the other jobs to focus on Grace, which may have been wise since her repertoire has expanded to seven Grenaches, plus a bit of rosé, using vineyards everywhere from Dry Creek Valley to Rancho Cucamonga (San Bernardino County). While working in a wine shop, she became entranced by Grenache and discovered a remote vineyard high in the desert north of Santa Barbara where it thrived. A New Zealand native, she worked in the London wine trade before returning to San Diego, where she had spent time growing up. What she does: Makes some of the best examples of California Grenache.īackstory: Osborne speaks in nearly spiritual terms about her winemaking, but she is nothing if not focused. (Erik Castro / Photo By: Erik Castro | San Francisco Chronicle) Others, like Jolie-Laide’s Scott Schultz, have managed to push boundaries while crafting wines that are equally pleasing to amateurs and experts.Īngela Osborne at a vineyard in Ventucopa (Santa Barbara County) where she picks Grenache grapes for her label, A Tribute to Grace Wine Company. Some, like Lisa Togni and Rory Williams, are continuing important family legacies. Our California vintners are equally pioneering, whether it’s Angela Osborne asserting that Grenache from the high desert could be the base material for exceptional wine or Craig Haarmeyer being a true believer in the potential of inland California. Local wine on tap in Phoenix? Now a thing. The Bostocks have advanced not only Arizona wine quality but also its accessibility. The Franks dared to ask whether Pinot Noir, and Burgundy, should be Oregon’s only inspirations. But it also reflects these couples’ crucial work in defining, or redefining, their local wine cultures. In part, this simply matches the full West Coast scope of our Top 100 Wines - and a broader spirit of innovation on this coast. For the first time, our annual list includes winemakers from outside California: Kelly and Todd Bostock of Arizona’s Dos Cabezas, and Scott and Dana Frank of Oregon’s Bow & Arrow. I lobbied for this expansion in part because of the other change. (In some cases, we are resurfacing talents who’ve appeared in our pages over the past year.) The net effect, hopefully, is to give you more names and wines to seek out. There’s so much talent right now that it was important to broaden our roster. The main one: We’ve doubled the size of the group, from five to 10. Spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape marc, in containers holding <= 2 l (excl.You may notice some changes this year. Spirits obtained by distilling grape marc, in containers holding <= 2 l (excl. Spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape marc compound alcoholic preparations of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages) Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength of < 80% spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages (excl. Wines not produced in EU, in containers holding <= 2 l (other than sparkling wine, semi-sparkling wine, white wine and varietal wines) White wines not produced in EU, in containers holding <= 2 l (other than sparkling wine, semi-sparkling wine and varietal wines) Wines produced in EU, in containers holding <= 2 l and of an actual alcoholic strength of <= 15% vol, with PDO (other than Bordeaux, Bourgogne, Beaujolais, VallÚe du Rh¶ne, Languedoc-Roussillon, Val de Loire, Sicilia, Piemonte, Toscana, Trentino, Alto Adige, Veneto, DÒo, Bairrada, Douro, Navarra, PenedÚs, Rioja, Valdepe±as, sparkling wine, semi-sparkling wine and white wine) Wines produced in Bourgogne (Burgundy), in containers holding <= 2 l and of an actual alcoholic strength of <= 15% vol, with PDO (other than sparkling wine, semi-sparkling wine and white wine) fortified wines, and grape must whose fermentation has been arrested by the addition of alcohol, in containers of <= 2 l (excl. fortified wines grape must, partly fermented and of an actual alcoholic strength of > 0,5% vol or grape must with added alcohol of an actual alcoholic strength of > 0,5% vol Download trade history for REVOLUTION WINES LTD (CSV) Imported commodities
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