La Marea Central Coast Grenache 2022 Grower Champagne (It was called Claret until

(It was called Claret until the Bordeaux wine council sent a letter asking them to stop

Valdiguie is the grape California spent decades calling Napa Gamay - a misidentification finally corrected by a French ampelographer in 1980

The Snowden Ranch spans Napa's microclimates—a quarter-mile wide and a mile long

the lucky recipient will get two exceptional bubblies delivered to their doorstep every month sampling the region’s most expressive wines and following its most exciting developments

Trained at Domaine de la Romanee-Conti and Prieure-Roch

La Marea Central Coast Grenache 2022 Grower Champagne (It was called Claret untilIan Brand has spent a decade making the same argument: California's Central Coast is a far better home for Spanish and Rhone grapes than anyone gives it credit for. La Marea "the tide" is where he tests it, with wines rooted in sea air, sandy soils and ancient seabeds. His Grenache runs in the opposite direction from the jammy, high alcohol version the grape usually gets here: light on its feet, transparent, built around freshness rather than force.