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Art imitates life!

These cute pups graced us with their presence and even let me take a picture!

First we have Vaalea (Finnish for blonde or fair) and then noir (French for dark)! Okay, not their real names, but they are good doggos never the less!

Nine wines. Every one scored 93 points or higher. One remarkable vintage.

𝗩𝗶𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗸𝘂𝗸𝗸𝘂𝗹𝗮’𝘀 2023 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲:

𝘒𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘯 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘢 “𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘨𝘶𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 2023”. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘳-𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘶𝘬𝘬𝘶𝘭𝘢’𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬, 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘫𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦.

The full 2023 lineup, scored by Vinous (Eric Guido, April 2026):

96 2023 Noir
95+ 2023 Kivi
95 2023 Sisu
94 2023 Kaamos
94 2023 Pas de Deux
94 2023 Petite Sirah
94 2023 Aatto 
93 2023 Lothario
93 2023 Counoise

I͟n͟ ͟E͟r͟i͟c͟ ͟G͟u͟i͟d͟o͟’͟s͟ ͟w͟o͟r͟d͟s͟:͟ ͟d͟o͟n͟’͟t͟ ͟m͟i͟s͟s͟ ͟t͟h͟e͟m͟!͟

We're excited to be pouring at Paired Paso tonight, just one of the many great events this weekend at !

We're pouring 2021 noir with Mediterranean moussaka made by long time friend, Chef José Dahn! If you're attending, please come say hi to Kevin and Chef José!

You may notice the picture above is featuring a different kind of pairing, our estate syrah vines and our bottled syrah. I wanted to give our growing grapes some inspiration! Come visit Melina in the tasting room this weekend and help cheer our plants on to veraison! (they can hear us you know!)