Tasting Wines

The People Mai Errazuriz and her husband, Rodrigo Soto, have worked for numerous leading wineries for over thirty years. In fact, Mai Errazuriz is of the renowned Errazuriz family, famous for their winery in Chile. Rodrigo also has ample experience with wine, having been a winemaker for properties such as Veramonte and Quintessa. This wine…

The People We featured the 2019 Januik Cabernet Sauvignon and knew we had found another winner with this label.  Mike Januik received a master’s in enology and viticulture from the University of California, Davis. In the late 1970s, Mike and his wife, Carolyn, owned a wine shop in Ashland. Sons Donald and Andrew were born…

The People The story of Sauvignon John begins with a simple misheard sequence of words. When someone jokingly called her husband “Sommelier John,” and she instead heard “Sauvignon John,” a seed was planted. Carly and John found themselves wrapped up in the idea of getting into the wine business. Some research and poking around later,…

The People In the late 1970s, Mike and Carolyn Januik owned a wine shop in Ashland, Oregon, that piqued Mike’s interest in winemaking. Sons Donald and Andrew were born shortly after that, and both have early memories of long afternoons in the cellar with their dad. When the Januiks started their own winery in 1999,…

The People Ernest was an entrepreneur, a risk-taker, and a role model for his grandson, Todd Gottula, who founded this winery with his wife, Erin Brooks, in 2012. Today, the “Ernest” in their name stands for more than one man. It’s about integrity in the fruit they use and the people they know. It’s about…

The People In 1977, The Frias Family purchased 100 acres in the iconic Spring Mountain District of Napa Valley. They planted just 5 acres in 1985 and launched FRIAS Family Vineyard with the first vintage in 1987. FRIAS now has 13 acres of hillside vineyards planted to Cabernet Sauvignon. Second-generation brothers Fernando and Manny Frias…

The People The first wine from Ancient Oak Cellars was the Siebert Ranch Pinot Noir, made from grapes on Ken & Melissa Siebert’s family vineyard in the Russian River Valley. We have read in press how finicky Pinot Noir is – it being lamented as “the heartbreak grape” for how difficult it is to grow…

The People In Northern California, where redwood forests meet the Mendocino coast, lies Anderson Valley, a region renowned for its ideal pairing of warm days and fog-cooled nights. It was these characteristics that led Jean-Claude Rouzaud, patriarch of the Louis Roederer family, to this remote area in 1981 to begin cultivation of premium pinot noir…

The People Originally from France, wine had been part of Claire Ducrocq Weinkauf’s life for as long as she could remember. It wasn’t until she started working in Chile that her relationship with wine became a professional one, with marketing at the core. Founded in 2011 by Claire and her good friend, Jennifer Roberts, Picayune…

The People This is the third wine we have featured from the Aquilini family. We have introduced you to the family’s Sauvignon Blanc, their 2019 A56 Red Blend, and now, we are pleased to present the 2019 Aquilini A56 Cabernet Sauvignon. The owner, Luigi Aquilini came to North America in 1956 from a small farm…