Our visits throughout 2011 from remarkable individuals and producers remind us whey we sell and enjoy wine. We heard producers' stories of their visions and hard work realized in a bottle. Wine is the result of many people making many decisions, dealing with unexpected circumstances, honoring tradition yet innovating with hope for improvement. We enjoy sharing with you the journey and people behind each bottle in our selection.
Antonio Argiolas
Winemaker Antonio Argiolas visited Vintology in March and presented his family's wine. Antonio's grandfather planted his first vineyard on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia in 1918. Since then, the Argiolas family have been leaders in the region's enology and are devoted to indigenous Sardinian grapes. Young winemaker Antonio Argiolas follows with his grandfathers' passion, making wine from some of the island's finest locations.
Chateau Rauzan-Segla
In January, one of Bordeaux's great classified Second Growths, Chateau Rauzan-Segla, shared a tasting with Vintology's customers. Chateau Rauzan-Segla has expressed the Margaux terroir for three and a half centuries and is classified as one of fifteen Deuxièmes Crus in the original Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855. The chateau's Robin Corvez visited and shared the grand vin Chateau Rauzan-Segla and the second wine, Segla.
Marcia Mondavi Borger of Continuum
Marcia Mondavi Borger stopped in on us in March and shared the legacy of Mondavi and her family's exciting return to growing grapes and making great wine. Robert, Marcia and brother Tim were inspired by four generations of wine making to found Continuum in 2005. Marcia shared their aim to produce a single red wine from a single exceptional estate. She poured for us the 2007 vintage, now a very special offering at Vintology.
Stefano Frascolla of Tua Rita
Owner Stefano Frascolla of Tua Rita, Tuscany, joined us in February. On his family run estate, in 1994 they decided to leave two barriques of Merlot and make them into wine without blending. The resulting wine, Redigaffi, became a cult wine, the first Italian wine to obtain a score of 100 from Robert Parker with its 2000 vintage. Stefano shared with Vintology customers his estate's wines, with vintages not yet even on the market!
Tuck Beckstoffer
Tuck Beckstoffer tasted our customers on his critically acclaimed wines in September. His love of wine making began as a young boy. In college, he spent summers working in the famous wineries of Napa Valley alongside some of the most influential winemakers in California. In 2004, Tuck created Tuck Beckstoffer Wines, combining his family's farming legacy, cellar knowledge and vineyard experience to produce his creative, exquisite wines.
JAQK Cellars
We enjoyed a tasting of the full JAQK Cellars line in August and learned more about this unique Napa producer. JAQK Cellars is the creation of a few people with one idea: do what you love. After founding winemaker Craig Maclean, authored his first 90+ wine, his wines have received great acclaim. His wines for JAQK Cellars are tempting in playful bottles with names like "Charmed" and "High Roller"!
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