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View Or Download the Trellis Fine Wines 2019 Book On top of Rockpile Vineyard Trellis Fine Wines represents family-owned wineries from around the world. In an age when bigger isn’t always better, we strive to find those producers whose passion for wine and life converge, creating the most memorable liquid you can find in a bottle. Portfolio Book - Volume IV www.TrellisFineWines.com 1 Vintage and pricing subject to change. Please contact a Trellis or Horizon Beverage Salesperson for updated information. Table of Contents North America Page # California - Lodi Page # California - Napa 43 Van Ruiten Family Wines 1 Aftermath California - Sonoma 2 Aubert 44 Acaibo (Lurton Family) 3 Au Sommet 45 Amapola Creek by Richard Arrowood 46 Beckham Vineyards 4 Amuse Bouche 47 Jeff Cohn Cellars 5 Axios 48 Head High 6 Bacio Divino 49 Kinsella Estates 7 Band of Vintners 50 Marituson 8 Blackbird 51 Three Sticks 9 Bioch Family Cellar California - Paso Robles 10 Bond 52 PharaohMoans 11 Buccella 12 Canard California - Santa Barbara 53 Andrew Murray Vineyards 13 Capiaux 54 Bien Nacido Vineyards 14 Carte Blanche 55 J. Wilkes Wines 15 Checkerboard Vineyards 56 Solomon Hills Vineyard 16 Coupe de Foudre New York - Finger Lakes 17 Dana 57 Hermann J. Wiemer Vineyard 18 Darioush 58 Paumanok Vineyards 19 The Farm Oregon 20 Gandona 59 Alexana Estate Vineyard and Winery 21 Gemstone 60 Citation 22 Harlan Estates 61 Cristom Vineyards 23 Herb Lamb Vineyards 62 Lange Estate Winery and Vineyards 63 Stoller Family Estate 24 Hoopes 25 Janzen Washington State 26 John Anthony Vineyards 64 Hanatoro Winery 65 Long Shadows Wineries & Vineyards 27 Kenefick Ranch 66 Sleight of Hand 28 Kobalt 29 Lail Vineyards South America Argentina 30 Lindstrom 67 Corazon Del Sol - Revana Family Vineyards 31 Mark Herold Wines 68 Recuerdo Wines - Blackbird Vineyards 32 Marston Family Vineyard 33 The Mascot Australia 69 First Drop Wines 34 Meander 70 Tyrrell’s Wines 35 Meteor Vineyard 36 Miura Europe Austria 37 O’Shaughnessy Estate Winery 71 Machherndl 38 Realm Cellars 39 Revana Family Vineyard England 72 Hush Heath Estate 40 Somnium 41 Tom Eddy Hungary 42 Vine Hill Ranch 73 Chateau Dereszla 2 Vintage and pricing subject to change. Please contact a Trellis or Horizon Beverage Salesperson for updated information. Table of Contents Page # Italy - Alto-Adige 74 Kaltern-Caldaro Italy - Marche 75 Casalfarneto Italy - Piedmont 76 Mauro Franchino 77 Poderi Gianni Gagliardo Italy - Puglia 78 Claudio Quarta Italy - Tuscany 79 Fattoria Rodano France Bordeaux 80 Malengin St. Emillion Burgundy 81 Domaine AF Gros 82 Lurton 83 Lucien & Lurton Fils 84 Domaine Roche Guillon 85 Metairie Loire 86 Alliance Loire 87 Domaine du Raifault 88 Gadais Pere et Fils Rhone 89 Pierre Amadieu 90 Domaine des Pasquiers Alsace 91 Ribeauville Germany 92 Barth 93 Blees Ferber 94 Gutzler 95 Siegrist 96 Wasem Spatburgunder Spain 97 Artadi Wines 98 Humiliat - Epicure Wines (Priorat) 99 La Emperatriz 100 Empordália South African 101 Storm Wines 3 Vintage and pricing subject to change. Please contact a Trellis or Horizon Beverage Salesperson for updated information. What’s new with our Trellis Fine Wines portfolio…we have added some wonderful new wines and families from California to Europe this past year. Trellis Fine Wines finds the best quality of wines from family owned wineries around the world. Here are the latest additions we have added since our last Volume III Book was printed in 2018. United States - Napa & Sonoma Valleys Aubert: Aubert Wines focuses on producing ‘Grand Cru,’ Single Vineyard Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs from Napa and Sonoma County, California. They are limited production wines from a diverse set of gentle sloping vineyards in the rolling countrysides of northern California. Aubert is devoted to meticulous attention to detail in the vineyards and minimal intervention in the winery. Since their inception in 2000, their mission has been guided by a shared philosophy of creating singular wines that elegantly reflect a sense of place in every bottle. Canard Vineyards: Canard Vineyard has been making hand crafted wines in Napa Valley since 1984. All of their single vineyard wines are produced from dry farmed, estate grown grapes which are skillfully transformed into the finest expression of each varietal. Brian Graham’s winemaking philosophy is simple; make the best wine possible with what Mother Nature gives you each year. The weather and the soil tell the story. Brian believes it’s his job just showcase the characteristics of each varietal and the nuances of the vineyard. Miura Family Wines: Miura (myu rä) n. Derived from Don Eduardo Miura, the most famous breeder of Spanish fighting bulls; for the Spanish, Miura is a legendary name signifying nobility, boldness and power. Miura is our program that focuses on what Master Sommelier Emmanuel Kemiji feels are the best regions in California for the growing of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Within each of those regions he selects the vineyards that best exemplify that area stylistically and qualitatively. Kemiji formed Miura Vineyards in 1995. He thus became the first sommelier to establish a commercial winery in the United States. Soon to follow were several projects in Montsant and Priorat, Spain – Arrels in 2003 and Clos Pissarra in 2005. The San Francisco Chronicle named Kemiji as one of the “10 Winemakers to Watch for 2000.” Boich Family Cellars: The commercial story began in 2011 but the roots of the Boich Family Cellar story go back to 1997 and a bottle of wine at the praised and very much missed Travigna in Saint Helena. After finishing lunch and a delicious bottle of wine we strolled up main street to our favorite kitchen shop to pick up some kitchen towels and tableware. By pure chance we wandered into the Prudential reality office “just for kicks and curiosity”. We left Saint Helena that day proud owners of ten acres of raw land in the Mount Veeder AVA. Not sure if it was the wine, the stunning views from the parcel or a little bit of both but that moment changed the path of the rest of my life. Marc Herold Wines: Mark started his first venture into the wine world at Joseph Phelps Vineyards as the Research Enologist. Here Mark was able to bridge the scientific method with practices in winemaking in order to determine which procedures really make the best expressions of wine quality and seamless oak integration. Mark’s enthusiasm for making wine took on a life of its own leading to the creation of Merus in 1998; his personal Cabernet label. Being made in his home garage in downtown Napa, this project was a labor of love. After selling Merus, Mark continues his quest for making delicious, balanced, age-worthy wines here at MHW. Kenefick Ranch: Kenefick Ranch is owned by Dr. Thomas Kenefick with his two children Caitlin and Chris. It consists of 125 acres mostly red Bordeaux varietals. Ten percent of production is used for Kenefick Ranch wines. The rest is sold to Caymus, Nickle & Nickle, Cade, Plumpjack and Elizabeth Spencer. In 2006 Kent Jarman left Duckhorn to join Robbie Meyer in making Kenefick Ranch wines. One year later became the sole winemaker. His obsession with consistency and quality produces outstanding wines. 4 Vintage and pricing subject to change. Please contact a Trellis or Horizon Beverage Salesperson for updated information. Somnium: Is a collaboration between Aaron Pott and Danica Patrick. The Cabernet is sourced from their estate vineyards on Howell Mountain just below the appellation line. The vineyards were planted in 2011 with Weimer and 30 clone cabernet sauvignon. The vineyards are west facing sloped blocks at 1300 ft of elevation. Only 210 cases produced by Aaron Pott with long velvety finish on this 100% Cabernet this wine is a superb representation of balance and structure. Meteor Vineyard: Meteor Vineyard is the confluence of an extraordinary Cabernet vineyard in the southeast corner of Napa Valley, the entrepreneurial vision of internet pioneer Barry Schuler and wife Tracy. Barry and Tracy bought the property that is now Meteor Vineyard in 1998 and hired legendary viticulturist Mike Wolf to assess the potential of the property. Located on a knoll in Napa Valley’s Coombsville region. By the time the vineyard was ready for its first harvest, prestigious names such as Etude, Vineyard 29, Arietta, Favia and Lail Vineyards were clamoring to work in the vineyard. In addition to the above, Mike introduced the Schuler’s to Bill and Dawnine Dyer. The rest, as the cliché says, is history. Gandona Estate: The 116-acre parcel on Pritchard Hill, southeast of St. Helena was purchased by the Bob Long family in 1965. They along with Chappellet were the first two modern day wine families to take root on Pritchard Hill. The vineyard which was originally planted in 1967. At Gandona we are single minded in our approach to ensuring quality. We have custom built a winery to control every stage of the grape growing and winemaking process. The winery was completed in 2010 and was designed to embrace the best of both old and new world winemaking techniques. Adopting old world practice used by legendary Chateaus of France, concrete fermentation tanks were incorporated into the winery’s design. With the expertise of Philippe Melka handling the winemaking this estate has been elevated to one of premier wineries in Napa Valley. Beckmen Wines: Beckmen Vineyards is one of North America’s premier producers of Rhône varietal wines since our establishment in 1994. We are a family owned and operated vineyard and winery, crafting premier wines from our two vineyards in Santa Barbara County. Due to the unique soil and microclimates of our vineyards – Purisima Mountain. As both a winegrower and a winemaker, Steve Beckmen has spent over 20 years overseeing Beckmen Vineyards’ estate vineyard.
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