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Here’s is your chance to discover eclectic but delicious wines from this small production Napa winery.

2016 California “Familiar” Mourvedre

Cinnamon, clove, and allspice. Dark, heady fruit with flashbacks of Pink Floyd-esque raspberry lasers shot out from museum planetariums.  The 2016 Familiar is filled with the excitement and nervousness of Leonard Nimoy’s "In Search Of **Bigfoot**.” The Familiar is part human, part ape, and all 'Squatch! Flavors of “fruit by the foot,” savory carbon, the funky version of Willie Nelson's "Whiskey River" played at clandestine alien crash sites....The Familiar wines are made for near-term enjoyment (1-3 years). They are great with either a slight chill or a 90 minute decant).  \

2017 California “Unfamiliar” Mourvedre

For reds, 2017 threw us into unfamiliar territory, and we fought like hell to produce the best wine possible. This required us to put on modern winemaking hats -- some fermentations were restarted, some volatility cleaned up and removed, and then nearly everything was blended together and filtered. Our 2017 Unfamiliar is an emotional wine. It is a blend of 100% of the following vineyards: Shake Ridge Ranch, Rodnick Farm (formerly Antle), both Skinner vineyards, Rosewood, Wonderment Rd., Alder Springs, and Brosseau. The final wine, the 2017 Unfamiliar, brings aromatic healing, salvation, and redemption. The Unfamiliar is light red, and drinks like an exotic cross between our Familiar and Especial Mourvèdre wines. You may never see this wine from us again so buy and drink with gusto!

2017 Alder Springs Vineyard Viognier

Scents of pink rose and orange oil reach up to the places that tickle behind your ears. On the palate you drop directly into the deep sea where luminous creatures blink their fruit and spice laden lights. As you ascend to the surface, you look around, pause, take a deep breath, and dive back for more.

The Viognier does it again!  Grown-up and switched on. This is a medium+ bodied wine perfect for pork loin, empanadas, and full moon dinner parties.

2017 Mendocino Chenin Blanc

Cool and clean rocks - early peach with flavors of persimmon, quince, and the forest’s tasty nectar shoot.

Maps to lost cites of gold. An expansive wine with prickly acidity that leads to daydreams of white tigers gnawing on pineapple cores. This is a bold Chenin Blanc. Serve with food. If out of fried chicken, find a seafood pasta, lobster BLT, or oyster po-boy. In terms of structure, this may be one of the most grand Dirty and Rowdy wines to date.