Grape: Cabernet Franc Region: Loire Valley, France Farming: Organic Located in Parnay, Château Yvonne has been surrounded by vineyards since the Middle Ages, when the monks at the Abbaye de Fontevraud brought their influence to the region. The château dates to the 16th century, but not much became known of it until 1813, when a local winemaker moved in and began producing wine on site. In 1997, Yvonne and Jean-François Lamunière decided to recreate the abandoned vineyard wit

Grapes: Carignan, Grenache, Syrah Region: Corbieres, France Farming: Sustainable Through the iconic Kermit Lynch portfolio you can count on just two hands the growers they have worked with for four decades or more. Joining such families as the Peyrauds (Domaine Tempier) and Bruniers (Vieux Télégraphe) in that company are the Laboucariés of Domaine de Fontsainte, who, for years, have crafted ethereal and delicious rosés and soulful, terroir-driven reds in the Languedoc’s Corbi

Grape: Syrah Region: Sonoma, California Farming: Sustainable Pax and Pam moved to wine country in 1997 to create a lifestyle that involved working with wine. After a few years of tasting and sourcing wine from all over California, Pax finally found a vineyard in which he felt a kismet connection. Alder Springs Vineyard was the site and subsequently led to the launch of the PAX brand in 2000. The Mahles made a bold choice by favoring the “untapped potential" of the Syrah grape

Grape: Gamay Region: Beaujolais, France Farming: Organic The history of Pares Balta begins in the eighteenth century, when in 1790, the first vineyards were planted on the Parés Balta estate, vineyards that still surround the manor house where our winery is located. The old cava cellar was constructed in the beginning of the twentieth century, stone by stone. Joan Cusiné Hill was born in 1917 in a small village in Penedès. The son of a family of winegrowers, he dedicated all