GOLD MEDAL WINE CLUB’S Volume 28, Issue 29 Platinum Wine Club 90+ Rated, Ultra Premium, Collectable Wines from California’s Best Winemakers.

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Santa Barbara County Site If ever Wine a winery was Company founded with a specific goal in mind, the Italian and German wines and each has had its effect on what I like Site Wine Company would most assuredly be considered. Located and try and attempt. To showcase the vintage and pair it with food in the Central Coast’s heralded Paso Robles growing area, Site is my ultimate joy as a winemaker.” Wine Company is the handiwork of noted Owner/Winemaker Site Wine Company’s wines have garnered incredible praise Jeremy Weintraub, often referred to as the “rock star” of Paso from industry periodicals and have consistently scored in the 90’s Robles winemaking. First offered in 2012 with a minute release of since the first release. Owner/winemaker Jeremy Weintraub said only 250 cases, Site has remained petite in size and will produce that he is “thrilled” with the reception his wines have received. “It’s only 450 cases this calendar year. a matter of energy following intent,” he emphasized. “I want to “The Site project was never intended to be large,” offered make wines that people will enjoy for a long time and recognize Weintraub during a recent interview. “In fact, it will never be the effort involved in making these wines.” any larger than it is today. It was designed to showcase specific Weintraub is adamant about staying small with his terroirs from eminent vineyards I had found that produced prized winery. He performs all the work himself and wants ideal fruit with which to make wine.” little or nothing to do with selling the wine. He intends to Born on Long Island, Weintraub’s love of wine turned keep control of every step of the winemaking process and, by him from economic and political writing to a career in the staying small, he is able to accomplish this goal. “I consider it wine industry. A graduate of the iconic UC Davis enology ideal when I know where every bottle is going. If I was any program (he also holds a master’s degree in enology), bigger, I wouldn’t know this,” he imparted. Weintraub is today considered a rising star among California He has chosen three separate vineyards for the fruit of Site Wine Company’s label design incorporates the fact winemakers. that it’s all about the vineyards. It emphasizes the location of the vineyards, the most important aspect of the wine itself. the Site Wine Company. The celebrated Bien Nacido “There’s a lot of ego in the world of food and wine and it’s Vineyard in Santa Maria, the Larner Vineyard in Ballard often quite visual. I feel it’s time to tone it down a bit and Canyon (Micheal Larner was a classmate at UC Davis) respect the most important parts of the process - the and the marvelous Stolpman Vineyard that is in close vineyards,” Jeremy Weintraub further explained. proximity to Larner Vineyard were the three Jeremy To say that Jeremy Weintraub and his Site Weintraub chose for his Site Wine Company. Wine Company have accomplished a great deal since “In winemaking, it’s all about the fruit you start its short inception is a complete understatement. To with. I have been familiar with these three vineyards contend at the highest level of wine competition for more than a decade and they all produce against a cadre of world class vineyards and exceptional fruit. I have long-term contracts with celebrated winemakers is the most difficult each of them and I am allowed to select the time to undertaking in the wine industry. Through it all, pick the fruit. For the Site Wine Company, it’s a win- Jeremy Weintraub has remained a modest and win situation. I can make great wines and that was unassuming individual and has allowed his wines to my goalIs there from a the certain very stylebeginning,” for Site he Wine added. Company’s speak for themselves. Their message has been loud wines? and clear as they have been included among the finest wines made in California. introduce our Platinum Wine Club “No, there’s no specific style. I try and emphasize It is with a great deal of respect that we the particular vintage and vineyard site rather than members to this attempt a particular style,” Weintraub went on. “I try incredibly successful winery and its owner/ and really showcase the vintage and everyone winemaker. We are sure you will continue to hear knows each vintage has its own particular additional acclaim in the future as new releases characteristics. I grew up in the world of French, reach the market and are judged for their quality.

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2014 , Stolpman Vineyards, Ballard Canyon

94 POINTS — Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate

100 cases produced Dear Platinum Wine Club Members,

Site Wine The Site 2014 Stolpman Vineyards Roussanne Co. makes just five different emphasis, wines totaling under as the name suggests, 400 cases a year. The comes from one of the best viticultural sites in grown. is on the vineyard, or site, The wines are encouraged from which the grapes are terroir to express vintage differences the Ballard Canyon AVA of Santa Barbara County. of each of the three vineyards and the particular no PR consultant, that I work with. There Here, the vines are dry and sustainably farmed no sales staff, and is no marketing staff, connection no assistant. Just me. That between myself and the guarantees a strong to preserve the naturally balanced environment as pleasurable as sharing wine with peoplefriends who and drinkloved theones. wines, and few things are and the resulting wines are vibrant and site- I grew up in New York drinking Italian, French and German specific to this unique piece of land. Roussanne and hadn’t had many California wines with my family, school wines until I’d moved in winemaking. What out to UC Davis for graduate is a white wine grape originally grown in the complexity I fell in love with immediately of California wines. was the depth and Rhône Valley of France and is known for its Island, During the summer breaks, and after graduation I I interned on Long Chianti, New Zealand, and otherheld parts winemaking of California. and grape pungent floral and fruity aromas, silky exotic growing positions in Before launching texture, and wonderful food friendliness. Site’s Site in 2012, I was winemaker Napa was wonderful at Seavey Vineyard 2014 Roussanne is fresh and lively, yet also rich for , in Napa Valley. more often were but what I found the varietals better known myself drinking and full bodied with notes of buttered citrus, , and Roussanne. in the Rhône Valley - , These wines, I was noticing, , of foods, from light and fit perfectly with a wide brioche, honeysuckle, and orange blossom. It aromatic to spicy and rich. array long-term contracts with three exceptional vineyardsThat in realization Santa Barbara led me County. to finishes with a punch of crisp acidity. Aged 8 secure The Site Roussanne is made from Stolpman months in oak. 100% Roussanne. Enjoy now farmed estate Vineyards, a family-owned, in Ballard Canyon near organically Pacific Ocean. the town of Solvang, about until 2019. I ferment and age the 20 miles from the without filtration. Roussanne in 500L puncheons and bottle it I hope you enjoy!

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