Jolie Laide Chalone Melon de Bourgogne The High Priestess 2025 ABC321 Thierry terroir as our long-time

Thierry terroir as our long-time favorite

20% malted barley—runs through a Vendome copper column still and 375-gallon doubler

Manincor's biodynamically farmed Vernatsch from the warmest region of South Tyrol embodies elegance through finesse rather than power

One of Southern Italy's most exciting white wines

Jolie Laide Chalone Melon de Bourgogne The High Priestess 2025 ABC321 Thierry terroir as our long-timeMelon de Bourgogne is the grape of Muscadet, and finding it in California is genuinely rare. The Schultzes source theirs from Rodnick Farm in the Chalone AVA, a high elevation south facing site planted in 1985 that overlooks the Salinas Valley. Warm days, cool nights, and a coastal pull give the wine a mineral spine that nods toward its Loire homeland while still tasting unmistakably Californian. Native ferment in neutral cooperage keeps everything