Zwick's Picks

This open and fruity Bourgogne Pinot Noir Vieilles Vignes shows red fruits, balanced acidity and soft texture. The ripe red fruits are complex and layered with a crisp, juicy aftertaste. Made from vineyards chosen for their south-eastern exposure and their location in the middle of the hillside in order to...

This bottle is crafted from estate-grown grapes in the Stags Leap District of Napa Valley, California. Winemaker Marcus Notaro continues the winery's hallmark style—described as "an iron fist in a velvet glove"—delivering elegant structure with rich fruit, refined tannins, and exceptional aging potential. The anniversary bottling reflects the terroir of...

Our vineyard and winery are at 2000 feet elevation near the top of Spring Mountain in the western hills of the Napa Valley. We arrived on Spring Mountain in 1975 and began planting our vineyard in 1981, though vines were first planted here at the end of the 19th century....

We arrived on Spring Mountain in 1975 and began planting our vineyard in 1981, though vines were first planted here at the end of the 19th century. The oldest vines are now from 1985 and our youngest were planted in 1997. Our ten-acre vineyard is planted with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot,...

This wine comes from our «Au Clou» plot in Nantoux. It mentions the 377 meters altitude and the name of the «Au Clou» lieu-dit on the label. The soil of this plot is rich in limestone with a high marl content. Because of all the stones, the soil looks as...

This wine results from the blending of 2 plots: « En Bignon » (clay soil on hard limestone) and « Le Clou» (white chalky soil, significant gravelling on yellow marl) from Nantoux. The complexity and diversity of the different plots is expressed through the wine, which reveals the potential of...

This wine comes from our Montagne de Cras plot in Nantoux. It mentions the 382 metres altitude and the name of the Montagne de Cras lieu-dit on the label. Cras or Crag in Celtic, means pebbles. The soil is very varied, stony of course, but also full of clay. The...

The Maresh family has had a long and memorable presence in the Dundee Hills. In 1980 Jim and Loie’s daughter, Martha, married Fred Arterberry, Jr. who was one of the first winemakers in Oregon to have a degree in fermentation science from the University of California at Davis. Fred Arterberry...

Les Rocailles vineyards are in a true earthly paradise nestled in the French Alps. Les Rocailles is owned and managed by boyhood friends and native Savoyards Guillaume Durand and Alban Thouroude, who purchased the estate and négociant business from Pierre Boniface upon his retirement in 2006. Today Les Rocailles is...

Les Rocailles Apremont is from a true earthly paradise nestled in the French Alps. Les Rocailles is owned and managed by boyhood friends and native Savoyards Guillaume Durand and Alban Thouroude, who purchased the estate and négociant business from Pierre Boniface upon his retirement in 2006. The wines have never...

Our first Lytton Estate Rosé was 2016. Each year, since then, we make a rosé culled from the range of Rhône varieties and zinfandel planted throughout our Lytton Springs vineyard. Extemporaneously produced by taste, the makeup of the wine changes vintage-to-vintage. As such, each spring upon release, it offers a...

2022 Ridge Lytton Springs 50th AnniversaryThe 2022 Lytton Springs 50th Anniversary is composed of 67% Zinfandel, 19% Petite Sirah, 11% Carignane and 3% Alicante Bouschet. It opens with initial touches of glossy new American oak—dill and toasted coconut—and gives way to kaleidoscopic black and red plums, cherries and berries, plus...

Although the Willamette Valley Pinot Noir is our least expensive and largest production Pinot Noir, we put just as much of ourselves into it as our top wines, drawing from many of the same vineyards: Mahonia, Sojeau, Koosah, Cortell Rose, Illahe, Prophet, Jubilee, Keeler, and our own Torres Hill. We...

Benjamin Leroux made his reputation as régisseur of Domaine du Comte Armand before launching his own négociant house in 2007. Unlike most négociants, Leroux works directly with organic and biodynamic growers, managing vine cultivation to ensure quality from the start.

The 1896-planted vines at Nervo Ranch produced one of the most complete wines of the lovely 2024 vintage. Farmed organically using no-till practices on steep, decomposed shale slopes just south of Geyserville, the Nervo Heritage is a wine of both perfume and power. A complex field blend of over 17...

Monte Rosso is rightly considered one of the great vineyards in California. Located in the Moon Mountain District—the Sonoma Valley side of Mt. Veeder—and planted on bright red soils, the vineyard has produced elegant, ageworthy wines since the mid-1880s. With Gallo’s significant investment and recent transition to organic farming (no...