RIESLING • Mount Mary $125 • Oveja Negra Single Vineyard Carmenere $17 • d’Arenberg The Stump Jump $13 • Oveja Negra Single Vineyard Carignan $17 • d’Arenberg The Dry Dam Riesling $17 RED RHONE & BLENDS • Chilcas Single Vineyard Pais $19 Greywacke Riesling $20 Oveja Negra The Lost Barrel $27 • • d’Arenberg • • Plantagenet Estate Riesling $21 The Stump Jump Red GSM $13 • Chilcas Las Almas $50 • Leeuwin Estate Art Series Riesling $22 • Domaine De Nizas Rouge $18 • Jasper Hill Georgia’s Paddock Riesling $37 • d’Arenberg SHIRAZ/ d’Arry’s Original Shiraz Grenache $20 Chilcas Syrah Reserva $12 d’Arenberg The Custodian Grenache $20 • • d’Arenberg The Stump Jump Shiraz $13 d’Arenberg The Sticks & Stones • Chilensis Sauvignon Blanc Reserva $10 • • Tempranillo Grenache Souzao $29 • Oveja Negra Single Vineyard Syrah $17 Chilcas Sauvignon Blanc Reserva $12 • d’Arenberg The Bonsai Vine GSM $29 • d’Arenberg The Footbolt Shiraz $20 d’Arenberg • • d’Arenberg The Cenosilicaphobic Cat d’Arenberg Love Grass Shiraz $20 The Stump Jump Sauvignon Blanc $13 • • Sagrantino Cinsault $29 Leeuwin Estate Siblings Shiraz $20 d’Arenberg • • d’Arenberg Balgownie Shiraz $25 The Broken Fishplate Sauv Blanc $17 • • The Derelict Vineyard Grenache $29 Brokenwood Area Blend Shiraz $27 Greywacke Sauvignon Blanc $23 • • • d’Arenberg • Plantagenet Estate Shiraz $29 GREEN GROWERS Greywacke Wild Sauvignon $29 The Twentyeight Road Mourvedre $35 GREEN GROWERS • • d’Arenberg The Wild Pixie • d’Arenberg Shiraz/Roussanne $29 SEMILLON The Ironstone Pressings GSM $65 • d’Arenberg The Laughing Magpie d’Arenberg Shiraz Viognier $29 Brokenwood Hunter Valley Semillon $20 • SUSTAINABLE • The Beautiful View Grenache $85 Leeuwin Estate Art Series Shiraz $35 Brokenwood • • • d’Arenberg Brokenwood Hunter Valley Shiraz $36 Oakey Creek Vineyard Semillon $32 The Blewitt Springs Grenache $85 • Jasper Hill Occam’s Razor Shiraz $62 Brokenwood ILR Reserve Semillon $48 d’Arenberg • Our sustainable grape growers and vintners are committed to the continued stewardship of natural resources • • d’Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz $65 The McLaren Sand Hills Grenache $85 • and are taking action to protect the long-term environmental quality of their regions. While not certifi ed organic, SEMILLON/SAUVIGNON BLANC BLENDS Poggiotondo Marmoreccia IGT $79 • they may practice organic farming, but have not gone through the formality of the certifi cation process or are in SANGIOVESE & BLENDS • Jasper Hill Georgia’s Paddock Shiraz $85 • Leeuwin Estate d’Arenberg The Amaranthine Shiraz $85 transition to becoming certifi ed. Specifi cally, these growers demonstrate a commitment to conserving soil, water and Siblings Sauvignon Blanc Semillon $20 • Poggiotondo Rosso IGT $11 d’Arenberg The Bamboo Scrub Shiraz $85 Brokenwood Cricket Pitch White • • energy, improving watersheds, restoring habitats, reducing waste, stabilizing drainage and preventing pollution. The • • Poggiotondo d’Arenberg The Blind Tiger Shiraz $85 Sauvignon Blanc Semillon $21 Chianti Cerro Del Masso DOCG $15 • responsible land steward philosophy extends into the winery, as well, where environmentally-friendly considerations Cullen Amber $35 • d’Arenberg The Garden of • Poggiotondo Chianti Superiore DOCG $20 Extraordinary Delights Shiraz $85 are aimed at reducing the carbon footprint of both wine production and transport to market. Cullen Sauvignon Blanc Semillon $35 • • • Poggiotondo Chianti Riserva DOCG $40 • d’Arenberg The Other Side Shiraz $85 Poggiotondo d’Arenberg The Fruit Bat Shiraz $85 • • Vigna Delle Conchiglie DOCG $75 • d’Arenberg The Eight Iron Shiraz $85 Chilensis Chardonnay Reserva $10 d’Arenberg The Little Venice Shiraz $85 ORGANIC • BORDEAUX VARIETALS & BLENDS • • Chilcas Chardonnay Reserva $12 • d’Arenberg JRO Affl atus Shiraz $85 • d’Arenberg The Stump Jump • Chilensis Reserva $10 • d’Arenberg Shipster’s Rapture Shiraz $85 Lightly Wooded Chardonnay $13 • Chilensis Malbec Reserva $10 • d’Arenberg Organic viticulture and winemaking covers all aspects of the supply chain from production and packaging through to • d’Arenberg The Olive Grove Chardonnay $17 • Chilensis Reserva $10 The Vociferate Dispsomaniac Shiraz $85 transportation of wine to the market. The core principle of organic viticulture is farming without genetically modifi ed • Plantagenet Estate Chardonnay $21 Chilcas Cabernet Sauvignon Reserva $12 • d’Arenberg • The Swinging Malaysian Shiraz $85 organisms or synthetic chemicals (e.g. fertilizers, pesticides and fungicides). Instead, producers adopt creative • d’Arenberg The Lucky Lizard Chardonnay $32 Chilcas Merlot Reserva $12 • d’Arenberg Tyche’s Mustard Shiraz $85 natural methods to enhance soils, vine health and grape quality. Wines that are imported into the United States and • Leeuwin Estate • d’Arenberg • Prelude Vineyards Chardonnay $36 The Stump Jump Cabernet Sauvignon $13 • Brokenwood Graveyard Shiraz $125 labeled as “organically grown” must be certifi ed by both a nationally accredited organization from the country of Greywacke Chardonnay $39 Jasper Hill Emily’s Paddock Shiraz $125 • • Oveja Negra • origin as well as meet the organic standards set forth by the Organic Certifi cation Trade Association (CCOF) in the • Giant Steps Sexton Vineyard Chardonnay $42 Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon $17 • Giant Steps • Chilcas Single Vineyard Cabernet Franc $19 FORTIFIEDS United States. Extending the logic from vineyard to winery, many organic (and biodynamic) producers adopt minimal Arthur’s Creek Vineyard Chardonnay $42 Chilcas Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon$19 intervention techniques in the winery, aiming for a pure expression of fruit and terroir. The standards for organic wine Giant Steps • • d’Arenberg Nostalgia Tawny Port (NV) $37 • • d’Arenberg d’Arenberg Vintage Fortifi ed Shiraz $40 do not prescribe many restrictions on winemaking inputs, aside from prohibiting the use of Polyvinylpolypyrrolidone Tarraford Vineyard Chardonnay $42 The High Trellis Cabernet Sauvignon $20 • Leeuwin Estate d’Arenberg Daddy Long Legs Tawny Port $280 (PVPP), a fi ning agent, and restricting the use of sulfur to a maximum total limit. • • Brokenwood Cricket Pitch Red • Art Series Chardonnay $89 Cabernet, Merlot, Shiraz $21 • Cullen ‘Kevin John’ Chardonnay $109 • Chilensis Lazuli $24 STICKIES Balgownie Cabernet Sauvignon $25 OTHER WHITES • • d’Arenberg The Noble Mud Pie BIO-DYNAMIC • d’Arenberg The Galvo Garage Viognier Roussanne $20 • Oveja Negra Cabernet Blend $29 • d’Arenberg The Noble Wrinkled Riesling $20 Sauvignon Blanc-Carmenere Reserva $11 • Plantagenet Estate Cabernet Sauvignon $29 • d’Arenberg The Noble Prankster • Oveja Negra Chardonnay-Viognier Reserva $11 • Leeuwin Estate Chardonnay Semillion $20 Bio-dynamic viticulture and winemaking has the same core principle as organics, but uses the following additional • Poggiotondo Bianco IGT $11 Prelude Vineyards Cabernet Merlot $29 techniques to encourage sustainable growth in farming: • d’Arenberg The Stump Jump White $13 • Chilcas Red One $35 SPARKLING d’Arenberg • Cullen Mangan Malbec Petit Verdot Merlot $35 • The use of special, natural preparations to improve soil quality and help vines better • Giant Steps • d’Arenberg The Peppermint Paddock The Hermit Crab Marsanne Viognier $17 • Chambourcin $28 assimilate nutrients, trace minerals and water for balanced growth. Domaine De Nizas Blanc $17 Harry’s Monster (Bordeaux Blend) $35 • Leeuwin Estate Art Series Poggiotondo Vermentino IGT $20 • BIODYNAMIC SUSTAINABLE ORGANIC • The creation of homeopathic preparations applied holistically in accordance with • Cabernet Sauvignon $60 • • • d’Arenberg The Money Spider Roussanne $25 • d’Arenberg The Coppermine Road bio-rhythms linked to plant growth. d’Arenberg The Last Ditch Viognier $25 • • Cabernet Sauvignon $65 • The recycling of farm and wine residues back into the vineyards, such as composting. • Greywacke Pinot Gris $25 • d’Arenberg The McLaren Sand Hills Grenache $85 ROSÉ • Cullen Diana Madeline (Bordeaux Blend) $109 Domaine De Nizas Rosé $17 • • Mount Mary Quintet (Bordeaux blend) $125 PINOT NOIR OTHER REDS Chilensis Pinot Noir Reserva $10 • Chilensis Carmenere Reserva $10 Chilcas Pinot Noir Reserva $12 • • • Oveja Negra • Chilcas Single Vineyard Pinot Noir $19 Cabernet Franc-Carmenere Reserva $11 • Brokenwood Beechworth Pinot Noir $22 • Oveja Negra • d’Arenberg The Feral Fox Pinot Noir $32 Cabernet Sauvignon-Syrah Reserva $11 • Greywacke Pinot Noir $39 • Oveja Negra Carmenere-Merlot Reserva $11 • Giant Steps Applejack Vineyard Pinot Noir $42 • Chilcas Carmenere Reserva $12 Giant Steps Sexton Vineyard Pinot Noir $42 Domaine De Nizas Le Mazet Rouge $17 • • 703 Jefferson Street, Napa, CA 94559 | 707.258.9552 | [email protected] | www.obcwines.com A benchmark Australian winery founded in 1970 SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES: Domaine de Nizas organic matter, and to minimize erosion. Greywacke John Middleton, “This isn’t magic and it’s not rocket BIODYNAMIC ORGANIC by Sydney trio Tony Albert, John Beeston and has been certifi ed sustainable since 2007 using also makes its own composts for mulching and science either. It is just good old-fashioned agriculture Australia’s leading wine critic, James Halliday, viticultural techniques and absolute attention to sprays compost teas in the vineyards to maximize that has been around for centuries.”. Brokenwood evolved from a weekend venture for detail instead of herbicides to create elegant wines overall soil and vine health. these self-professed hobby winemakers into one of while respecting Mother Nature. Careful pruning, bud Australia’s most reputable wine labels. Thirty-fi ve removal, thinning, ploughing, planting and mowing years later, Brokenwood is known for producing some grass in the parcels and often daily inspection of the of Australia’s most long-lived Semillons, and one of vines encourage biodiversity of the land. The winery’s the nation’s most iconic single vineyard wines, the long term view conserves the soils and creates Graveyard Shiraz. an environment that promotes the coexistence of surrounding fl ora and fauna. PLANTAGENET WINES SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES: For more than 10 years, LEEUWIN ESTATE POGGIOTONDO Great Southern, Western Australia (AU) Brokenwood has been developing and implementing Margaret River, Western Australia (AU) Margaret River, Western Australia (AU) Tuscany (IT) sustainable viticulture and winemaking practices. The winery is a signatory to the Australian Packaging An historic producer, Plantagenet Wines was the fi rst After an extensive search in 1972 for the most A founding winery of Margaret River, Cullen was Established in 1968 by his father, Carlo Antonini, the Covenant, an initiative to reduce the environmental winery to be established in Western Australia’s Great suitable premium viticultural area in Australia, established in 1971 by pioneering winemakers family estate of owner and winemaker Alberto Antonini impact of packaging. The winery minimizes the Southern wine region. Named after the local Shire Robert Mondavi singled out the future site of Leeuwin Kevin and Diana Cullen. Since then, an unrelenting looks out across the rounded hills of Poggiotondo in amount of recyclable waste sent to landfi ll. In of Plantagenet, the winery was founded in 1968 Estate. Thrust into the international spotlight when commitment to quality, integrity and sustainability Tuscany. Alberto makes wines in a modern style, while addition, Brokenwood harvests rain water across the when English immigrant Tony Smith identifi ed the has positioned Cullen as one of Australia’s greatest GIANT STEPS their 1980 Art Series Chardonnay was awarded adhering to the true regional characteristics of the entire winery site and all vineyards, relying solely on potential of these wild and remote lands by planting estates. The mature vineyards produce elegant, age- Yarra Valley, Victoria (AU) Decanter’s highest recommendation, the Estate has Chianti region in which the grapes are grown. Balance defi cit drip irrigation (soil monitoring) with reclaimed vines on his Mount Barker property. These early worthy wines drawing worldwide critical acclaim, and harmony are the philosophy of all Poggiotondo since performed with stellar consistency, the Horgan winery waste water. The planting of cover crops and wines impressed with their elegance and fi nesse, including what is regarded by many as the country’s wines. The 170 acres of vineyards, situated at 300 Established in 1998, Giant Steps explores the family defending their position as one of Australia’s on-site composting is standard, as well as the use of and Plantagenet has gone on to become a driving defi nitive Bordeaux blend. feet above sea level, are planted at 6,250 vines per relationship between vineyard site, the Yarra leading wineries. solar power for vineyard pumps and heating water. force in establishing this area as a distinctive, hectare, in order to reduce the yield per vine and Valley’s cool climate, and different grape clones, BIODYNAMIC PRACTICES: Winemaker Vanya Cullen SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES: Leeuwin Estate has quality-focused region. increase the overall quality of the grapes. to finely fingerprint the personality and character sees biodynamic farming and winemaking as the undergone independent environmental auditing of each vineyard. The Sexton Vineyard, at the heart ORGANIC PRACTICES: Plantagenet’s environmental combination of working with the soil, the plants ORGANIC PRACTICES: Poggiotondo respects the towards membership of ENTWINE Australia, a formal of the property, is a beautiful 75-acre, north facing practices and focus on organic viticulture have been and the cosmos to craft wines that are encouraged environment with a goal of making wines with a strong environmental certifi cation of vineyard and winery to make themselves with little or no human hillside site located in the relatively cool foothills caringly and scientifi cally implemented to ensure sense of place - wines that depict the individual practices according to recognized standards. The intervention. The cornerstone of her philosophy is of the Warramate ranges, rising from 425 to nearly long-term sustainability for future generations. terroir and site. Fermentation takes place with natural winery is also a signatory to the Australian Packaging to work with nature rather than try to control it, in yeast and a gravity fl ow system is used. Delicate 700 feet above the valley floor. Composts, cover crops and native grasses are used to Covenant, reducing environmental impacts of both the vineyard and winery. Composts containing fermentation methods are the norm, combining improve the vineyards’ water retention, soil structure, d’ARENBERG SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES: Produced fastidiously in packaging through design, re-use and recycling. biodynamic preparations are applied annually. open top fermenters with plunging. Concrete tanks, biodiversity and fertility, and to prevent water run-off. the vineyard and vinifi ed with minimal intervention, Estate vineyards are managed with minimal inputs, Under-vine weeding, together with a remounding of with a natural porosity, are favored to stainless McLaren Vale, South Australia (AU) Guinea fowl have been introduced into the vineyard each wine is a faithful expression of site, vintage and soil fertility sampling ensures that valuable the soil under the vines, disturbs the garden weevil’s steel fermenters. In all aspects of the winemaking for pest control. Plantagenet’s restoration work is and culture. Vineyard management is intensive, fertilizer inputs are tailored to each site and not lost to breeding cycle, keeping this pest population in process, simple, natural methods are used to reduce One of the undisputed kings of Australian Shiraz and ongoing; the winery has replanted native vegetation with tasks such as shoot thinning, crop thinning and local water ways. Extensive use of site-made compost check. Honey bees encourage pollination of the Dijon the distance between the vineyard and the wines, Rhone varietals, d’Arenberg has managed to turn and restored watershed areas to return the property cloned Chardonnay. Grapes are hand-harvested and preserving original identity and a true sense of place. individuality into an art form by doing a whole lot harvesting all carefully done by hand. The vineyard and mulching of cover crop increases soil organic to its original state, bringing welcomed biodiversity to a minimal winemaking approach is taken: little wine of little things differently. By maintaining a focus on is introducing biodynamic principles with the carbon, biodiversity and water-holding capacity. As the site. Plantagenet is 100% Green Energy powered movement, indigenous yeast ferments, no additions, traditional winemaking and nurturing their old-vine express purpose of further distinguishing the site, part of a whole farm management strategy, degraded from renewable sources, improving the environment only slight fi ning and fi ltration. Vanya believes the SUSTAINABLE material, the Osborn clan has successfully established and improving grape and wine quality. A particular creek lines have been replanted with local species to now and conserving for the future. position of the moon helps determine the best days themselves as one of the country’s leading producers objective is to enhance the natural microfl ora for the stabilize banks, maintain water quality and enhance to harvest, giving grapes with the most intensity and of concentrated, characterful wines. facilitation of indigenous fermentations in the winery. local biodiversity and habitat. preservation of fruit fl avor. SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES: From the vineyard to the winery and packaging choices, d’Arenberg takes a serious approach to environmental sustainability, effectively incorporating it into the company culture. All of the d’Arenberg vineyards are unfertilized, and BALGOWNIE ESTATE either minimally irrigated (with water recycled on VIA WINES Bendigo, Victoria (AU) site) or completely dry-farmed. There is no cultivation GREYWACKE MOUNT MARY Maule Valley (CL) JASPER HILL of the soil and spraying is almost nonexistent. These Marlborough (NZ) Yarra Valley, Victoria (AU) standard practices are also required for d’Arenberg’s Heathcote, Victoria (AU) Balgownie Estate is one of Australia’s greatest small As part of the VIA Wines family, Chilcas, Chilensis contract growers. Winemaker Chester Osborn has vineyard estates. Located near the historic gold Named after New Zealand’s prolifi c bedrock, Classified by Australia’s premier wine auction house and Oveja Negra produce estate wines that are an mining town of Bendigo in central Victoria, the estate been experimenting with biodynamics on select Established in 1975 by Ron and Elva Laughton, Jasper Greywacke (pronounced Gray-wacky) is the personal Langtons/Christies as ‘Exceptional,’ Mount Mary is authentic refl ection of Chile’s most prestigious wine was established in 1968 on a superb site of alluvial vineyard sites. Lightweight bottles are used and all Hill produces some of Australia’s most individual and venture of Kevin Judd, one of Marlborough’s pioneer a family-owned, single-vineyard estate located in appellations, including the Maule, Casablanca and soil. Now the most respected name in the region, bottling is done on-site to reduce the carbon footprint compelling Shirazes. Situated on ancient Cambrian winemakers of Cloudy Bay fame. Sourcing prime the heart of the Yarra Valley. Established in 1971 Colchagua Valleys. The winemaking teams farm the wines stand as benchmarks of a central Victorian in transportation. Further, all of d’Arenberg’s wine soils in the Heathcote region of Central Victoria, the fruit from mature vineyards within the central by John and Marli Middleton, it was one of the first 2,500 acres of estate fruit that they hand-craft into style reliant on well-ripened fruit, distinctive local packaging materials are recyclable. 60 acres of dry-farmed, biodynamic vineyards have Wairau and Southern Valleys, Kevin uses low- vineyards planted in the resurgence of the Yarra wines that refl ect the typicity of each grape variety terroir and sympathetic use of oak. been largely responsible for establishing the area as intervention winemaking to create wines hallmarked Valley as a premium wine-producing region. The and each individual region’s terroir across three tiers one of Australia’s greatest red wine regions. SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES: Bendigo’s continental by their concentration, elegance and individuality. inspiration behind the planting of vines in the Yarra of wines - Reservas, Icons and Single Vineyards. climate tempers hot days with cool nights, while BIODYNAMIC PRACTICES: All wines are produced His signature vineyard photographs provide the wine Valley came from the Swiss settlers of the 1850’s minimal rainfall leaves the land parched year-round. SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES: Wines of Chile’s entirely on the estate using organic and biodynamic portfolio’s unmistakable identity – the synthesis of who were greatly influenced by similar climates in The brown, sandy loam soils are low in nutrients, sustainability program, ‘Sustainability Code,’ is principles. The Laughtons produce their own organic his dual passions. Bordeaux and Burgundy. Most of Australia’s leading forcing the vines to struggle for survival. Farming in comprised of a set of initiatives and projects that compost and, since the vineyards were planted in sommeliers regard this estate as a ‘must have,’ with this region is not for the faint hearted, yet Balgownie SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES: All Greywacke wines aim to guide the Chilean wine industry toward 1975, have never used synthetic chemicals. All vines the wines being represented on many of Australia’s is committed to preserving the environment through DOMAINE DE NIZAS are produced from vineyards that are accredited to sustainability, in the vineyards, winery and are planted on their own roots, rather than grafted finest wine-lists. the use of clean technologies, such as biofuel Languedoc (FR) the Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand (SWNZ) community. VIA Wines was among the fi rst wineries onto Phylloxera-resistant American non-vinifera vehicles and best practice procedures for integrated program, and most of the vineyards are in conversion SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES: Mount Mary has long- to receive this certifi cation in all three areas. The root stock, to retain purity of style. The vineyards pest management. Located near the medieval village of Pézenas in the to become certifi ed organic. Native trees and shrubs term objectives of being self-suffi cient in energy and estate vineyards’ sustainable practices center around rely on natural rainfall only and during uncommon heart of the Languedoc region, Domaine de Nizas have been widely planted around the vineyards to water, as well as limiting impact on the environment protecting the fl ora and fauna as well as the effi cient prolonged wet conditions fungal disease is combatted use of water and energy resources. In the winery, VIA by spraying with diluted cow’s milk. The grapes at was created in 1998, by John Goelet, an American encourage diversity in insects and birds, in particular through re-vegetation and wetlands restoration work. Wines recycles, conserves water, has environmentally harvest are fl avor ripe, regardless of sugar ripeness. descendant of a family of Bordeaux wine merchants. native birds which have little impact on grapes. Renewable power, water collection and recycling, There is minimal intervention during fermentation Goelet tapped Bernard Portet, of Clos du Val fame, to The carefully selected cover crops have a variety of and redesigned facilities are at the center of these friendly waste treatment practices, and uses non- and maturation, allowing the terroir of the each of the select the most promising terroirs around Pézenas to rooting depths which ensures access to a wide range improvements. The winery collects a variety of native conventional renewable energy sources. Social individual three paddocks to shine. All fermentations establish the Estate. Portet acquired individual plots of nutrients for the cycling process and increases seeds for propagation and applies compost and responsibility, extended to the community at large are carried out by indigenous yeasts and malolactic BROKENWOOD that represent three different soil types ultimately soil carbon levels while the fl owering plants attract other natural materials to promote soil health, while and VIA’s business partners, is one of VIA Wines core fermentations occur naturally. There is no racking, Hunter Valley, New South Wales (AU) creating a rich and diverse source of grapes for and feed benefi cial insects. Mechanical under-vine minimizing the use of herbicides and insecticides in the values which has been validated by the Sustainability fi ning or fi ltration until right before bottling. crafting wines of extraordinary quality and depth. weeding is carried out to control weeds, add to soil interests of bio-diversity. In the words of winemaker Dr. Code certifi cation.