Florez "Star Drops" Mendocino Chardonnay 2023

Florez "Star Drops" Mendocino Chardonnay 2023Press 4 White April May 2026 Direct Press Selection One of our favorite Californians of late has been James Jelks of Florez. He is a native son of Santa Cruz, went to UC Davis for winemaking school, and makes his wines in Santa Cruz in the same space as Megan Bell of Margins, another of our faves. James only works with vineyards that are dry farmed, not irrigated, and he works with farmers pushing them gently towards more natural viticultural

The wine is made in such small quantities that when it landed as a current release

It all started when Yvonne and her husband René purchased 16 hectares of land in the Jurançon region in southwest France

is most often associated with the production of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay - it's a little bit cooler climactically than Napa

A native of Concepción

so Hiyu gave it the name of a legendary Irish hero – a warrior who became all-wise by eating an enchanted salmon

Now she has not two but three donkeys to help her — Lolita and her children Pinocchio and Riquito — and they are certified organic and biodynamic

By the early 1800s the Azores were producing a huge amount of wine

Michel and Stephanie Theron walk the thin line between fresh

Chelva Rosa

an old Portuguese method that is used in place of sulfur additions

not in the winemaking

with a very small amount of sulfur at bottling