I Brand and Family Cienega Valley Cabernet Franc DeRose Vineyard 2023 BFCM23FLASH wine-forward Champagne with the depth

wine-forward Champagne with the depth of a fine white Burgundy and the cut of a great grower bubbly

Kevin Judd spent 25 years as the founding winemaker at Cloudy Bay — the wine that made Marlborough famous — before launching Greywacke under his own name in 2009

muscular Pinot with real grip and a long

Briottet received the prestigious 'Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant' (Living Heritage Company) designation from the French state

I Brand and Family Cienega Valley Cabernet Franc DeRose Vineyard 2023 BFCM23FLASH wine-forward Champagne with the depthThe DeRose Vineyard sits directly on top of the San Andreas Fault, which is not a figure of speech. The limestone the fault shoved up out of the ground is precisely why Ian Brand keeps coming back. Brand has built his name on the odd, overlooked corners of the Central Coast, sites nobody else bothers to farm, and this Cabernet Franc is his argument for them. It's the savory, mineral version of the grape: wild red berries, crushed rock, green