Big news from Wine Enthusiast Magazine (93 and 90 points) and Connoisseur's Guide to Wine is coming in December

2006 Cabernet Sauvignon, Santa Cruz Mountains, "Lonehawk Vineyard"

• Double-Gold, San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
• Gold Medal, Appellation America

2006 Merlot, Santa Cruz Mountains, "Villa Colina"

• Gold Medal, Appellation America

2006 Cabernet Sauvignon, Chalone AVA, "Naylor’s Dry Hole"

• Best Of Class, San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
• "…an elegant wine with some red cherry fruit notes, our colleague Bob Gorman (who wrote Gorman on California Premium Wines back in the 1970s) is crazy for this wine, it reminds him of the wines of his youth...old time, elegant Napa Cabernets such as those made, once-upon-a-time, by Louis Martini, Inglenook and Charles Krug" (Weimax Wines and Spirits)
• "…nice, soft, drink-me-now cab with good blackcurrant flavour, I preferred it to the (famous winery name deleted) Cabernet tasted recently…" (SCM Wine Blogspot)

2006 Pinot Noir, Santa Cruz Mountains, "Black Capsule North"

• "…rich McHenry-esque earthy character, dark fruit and sweetish red plum. This has tight, grippy tannin and grapefruit zest dominating the smoky, brambly blackberry" (Barton Orchard Blog)

2006 Pinot Noir, Santa Cruz Mountains, "Red Capsule South"

• "…displays nice dark cherry fruit, a touch of forest floor and some lovely woodsy notes from the French oak barrels in which it was matured" (Weimax Wines and Spirits)

2006 Syrah, Santa Cruz Mountains

• "…dark fruit, a hint of vanilla and a savory character, this is brambly, meaty, and smoky, with black plum, blackberry and mandarin zest, excellent." (Barton Orchard Blog)
• "spicy flavours of blackberry and liquorice, stylistically it's more like an Australian Shiraz than a Syrah" (SCM Wine Blogspot)

2005 Chardonnay, Lake County, "Wappo Loam"

• Silver Medal, SCMWA Professional Wine Tasting

2005 Viognier, Napa Valley (3.8% res sugar)

• Silver Medal, SCMWA Professional Wine Tasting
• Silver Medal, SILVER MEDAL, Monterey Wine Competition
• "…nose is typical Viognier; sweet and floral, on the palate there are concentrated flavours of peaches, pears and cantaloupe with just enough acidity to counter the sweetness" (SCM Wine Blogspot)
• "…nose is grassy, with white peach, very tight; Wow! An explosion of sweet peach, vanilla and apricot, very intense, hints of tangerine and zest on the finish" (Barton Orchard Blog)

2002 Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, "Reserve"

• Silver Medal, SCMWA Professional Wine Tasting