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Pinot Noir

Famous for its finesse, fruit and complexity, Pinot Noir is the grape of red Burgundy. However, these days, good and even great Pinot Noir is unquestionably also being produced in vineyards around the globe including those of New Zealand and California.

Amalie Robert

Winery: Amalie Robert
Region: Oregon
Sub-region: Willamette Valley

Pinot Noir ‘Dijon Clones’

Located in the central Willamette Valley, some fifteen miles southwest of Salem, Oregon, Amalie Robert Estate produces premium Pinot Noir. Amalie Robert Estate has quickly earned a reputation for its farming practices, reflecting a true understanding of the site. They have dedicated themselves to growing premium quality fruit and are committed to delivering quality throughout the growing and winemaking process.

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Dupont-Tisserandot

Winery: Dupont-Tisserandot
Region: France
Sub-region: Burgundy

Gevrey-Chambertin ‘Vieilles-Vignes’

Dupont-Tisserandot is a fourth-generation family estate located in the heart of Gevrey-Chambertin. Winemaking at the 20-hectare domaine is in the hands of Didier Chevillon, who has taken the venerable property to new heights of quality and recognition.

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Et Fille

Winery: Et Fille
Region: Oregon
Sub-region: Willamette Valley

Pinot Noir Elton Vineyard
Pinot Noir Kalita Vineyard
Pinot Noir Maresh Vineyard
Pinot Noir Nicholas Vineyard
Pinot Noir Palmer Creek Vineyard
Pinot Noir Willamette Valley
Viognier

Et Fille Wines is a small, family-run, Oregon winery specializing in pinot noir. Et Fille, which means “and daughter”, honors the hand-in-hand, father and daughter team that makes these wines. They strive to bring the gentleness, devotion, and warmth from their relationship to each glass – from its endearing pinot noir fragrance to its long finish.

Father Howard has been making pinot noir since 1984. Daughter Jessica handles the marketing and sales (thank goodness, says Howard). The name Et Fille came about when Jessica helped to make wine for the first time in 2000. In honor of that occassion, Howard called the wine Et Fille. The name stuck. As a winery name, “Mozeico et Fille” would definitely cause many hours on the phone spelling each word. Besides, Howard’s background is software, where you try to deal with general cases. So….. Et Fille.

But the wine is the focus here. Their goal is to find the best vineyards in the Northwest, and make single vineyard designate wines from those grapes. More importantly, they strive to make a style of wine that reflects the best that each vineyard has to offer. So they don’t seek to impose the same style on each vineyard’s grapes. Instead of stamping one consistent style on the product from each vineyard, their wines will vary from one vineyard designate to the next. That way, they believe they help bring out the best the vineyard has to offer. That’s what they strive for.

There are some constants, however. They always deal in small lots of grapes (so that they can get just the clones they want), small fermentation lots (which gives them enhanced flexibility in their winemaking), and small French oak barrels (which can help in the wine’s complexity). They always sort, punch-down, and top-off by hand, so that they are close to the wine every step along the way to the bottle.

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Huia Vineyards

Winery: Huia Vineyards
Region: New Zealand
Sub-region: Marlborough

Blanc de Blancs
Chardonnay
Gewurztraminer
Pinot Gris
Pinot Noir
Riesling
Sauvignon Blanc

Huia Vineyards Ltd is a family owned wine company committed to the production of premium and classical Marlborough wines. The Huia Vineyards and winery are focused on hand crafting fine unique wines expressing the richness of Marlborough grapes from the vineyard through to the table.

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Patricia Green Cellars

Winery: Patricia Green
Region: Oregon
Sub-region: Willamette Valley

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Patricia Green uses a meticulous system to categorize her wines by source in order to ensure she gets the best blend of rows and blocks within vineyards. This time-consuming method is working because Patricia Green is producing some of the best wine in Oregon! She has earned a loyal following among wine enthusiasts, and is consistently celebrated by the press. These are silky, lush wines that baste the palate with pure Oregon fruit, show excellent tannic structure, and long fruit-filled finishes.

“These wines are accessible from the moment the cork pops, and age well in the cellar. Great fruit extraction and wonderful aromatics.”

“While many Oregon Pinot Noirs sell for $40 to $75 per bottle, Green’s Pinots, often rated higher than the more pricey wines, retail for less.”

Avalon Wine

“Green has a wonderful feel for Pinot Noir”

Los Angeles Times

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Soléna Estate

Winery: Soléna Estate
Region: Oregon

Pinot Gris
Pinot Noir Grande Cuvée
Pinot Noir Hyland Vineyard
Pinot Noir Domaine Danielle Laurent

After successful careers in the Oregon wine industry, the husband and wife team of Laurent Montalieu and Danielle Andrus Montalieu purchased an 80-acre estate to commemorate their marriage. In May 2002, they launched Soléna by releasing their first bottling. Soléna is the combination of the Spanish and French words Solana and Solene, celebrating the sun and the moon, and the name that Laurent and Danielle gave to their daughter.

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Vale da Mina

Winery: Vale da Mina
Region: Portugal
Sub-region: Vinho Verde

Vinho Verde

Vinho Verde is the celebratory wine of Portugal. The Vale da Mina has very intense aromas of fresh citric fruits, a pale straw color and is very fresh with fine acidity. The persistent flavor is typical of all white wines in this region.

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Viña Tabalí

Winery: Tabalí
Region: Chile
Sub-region: Limarí Valley

Chardonnay Reserva Especial
Sauvignon Blanc Reserva
Viognier Reserva
Pinot Noir Reserva Especial

The winery started its vineyard plantings in 1993 in the exciting and promising Limarí Valley, situated in the northern part of Chile. The Limarí Valley is adjacent to the driest desert on Earth, the Atacama, but temperatures are moderated by the nearby Pacific Ocean. Clear and pure skies; limestone soils; dependable morning fog, hot days and refreshing nights result in an exceptional terroir. The winery exerts complete viticultural control over their 100% handpicked and estate grown fruit and is solar powered, sustainable and uses gravity flow. Tabalí is committed to crafting unique wines with distinct Limarí character.

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