GOLD MEDAL WINE CLUB’S Volume 28, Issue 29 Platinum Wine Club 90+ Rated, Ultra Premium, Collectable Wines from California’s Best Winemakers. | 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. The Best Wine Club on the Planet. Period. Site | 2014 Roussanne, Stolpman Vineyards, Ballard Canyon 94 POINTS — Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate 100 cases produced Dear Platinum Wine Club Members, Site Wine Co. makes just five different wines totaling under 400 cases a year. The Vineyards Roussanne emphasis, as the name suggests, is on the vineyard, or site, from which the grapes are The Site 2014 Stolpman best viticultural sites in grown. The wines are encouraged to express vintage differences and the particular comes from one of the terroir of each of the three vineyards that I work with. There is no marketing staff, of Santa Barbara County. the Ballard Canyon AVA no PR consultant, no sales staff, and no assistant. Just me. That guarantees a strong farmed are dry and sustainably connection between myself and the people who drink the wines, and few things are Here, the vines as pleasurable as sharing wine with friends and loved ones. balanced environment to preserve the naturally are vibrant and site- I grew up in New York drinking Italian, French and German wines with my family, and the resulting wines and hadn’t had many California wines until I’d moved out to UC Davis for graduate land. Roussanne to this unique piece of school in winemaking. What I fell in love with immediately was the depth and specific in the grape originally grown complexity of California wines. During the summer breaks, I interned on Long is a white wine Island, and after graduation I held winemaking and grape growing positions in and is known for its Rhône Valley of France Chianti, New Zealand, and other parts of California. aromas, silky exotic pungent floral and fruity Before launching Site in 2012, I was winemaker at Seavey Vineyard in Napa Valley. food friendliness. Site’s Napa was wonderful for Cabernet Sauvignon, but what I found myself drinking texture, and wonderful and lively, yet also rich more often were the varietals better known in the Rhône Valley - Grenache, Syrah, 2014 Roussanne is fresh Viognier, and Roussanne. These wines, I was noticing, fit perfectly with a wide array buttered citrus, bodied with notes of of foods, from light and aromatic to spicy and rich. That realization led me to secure and full It and orange blossom. long-term contracts with three exceptional vineyards in Santa Barbara County. brioche, honeysuckle, acidity. Aged 8 with a punch of crisp The Site Roussanne is made from Stolpman Vineyards, a family-owned, organically finishes farmed estate in Ballard Canyon near the town of Solvang, about 20 miles from the Roussanne. Enjoy now months in oak. 100% Pacific Ocean. I ferment and age the Roussanne in 500L puncheons and bottle it until 2019. without filtration. I hope you enjoy! Jeremy Weintraub, Owner/Winemaker, Site Wine Co. INSTANT * Membership Rewards Pricing 6+ 12+ Winery Retail Price 2+ btls. btls. $40.00/btl. btls. 2-Bottle Members: $34.00 $32.33 $31.50 4-Bottle Members: $34.00 $31.50 $30.25 You Save 15% to 24% off Winery Retail PriceThis month’s Platinum Plus! Add a Plus! Bottle Featured Wine: Site 2014 Larner Vineyard Plus! to your next wine deliveryPlus! wines Grenache, Santa Barbara County to each adds on one special wine $39-$49Program per delivery automatically The as often as you like! 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