’19 Page Springs kitchen sink blend, Mules Mistake, Arizona     38

’16 Noble Tree cabernet sauvignon, Wickersham Ranch, Sonoma     glass-13     bottle-44

local legend Sean Tevik helped create the Noble Tree label and the wines til ’17

’18 Ken Wright pinot noir, Willamette, Oregon     glass-14    bottle-50

the OG of Oregon wine, Ken Wright can do no wrong when it comes to perfect pinot

’15 Brady Vineyard cabernet franc, Paso Robles     52

’16 Chateau Larose-Trintaudon bordeaux blend, Haut-Médoc, Bordeaux     55

’19 Page Springs grenache, wild ferment, Colibri Vineyard, Cochise County, Arizona     glass-16     bottle-60

Eric Glomski used an ancient French process (&magic?) to make this ethereal gem

’17Dominio de Pingus tinto fino, Psi ψ, Ribera del Duero, Spain     66

’18 Roco pinot noir, the Stalker, Willamette, Oregon     67

’17 K syrah, Boushey-Oldfield Vineyard, Motor City Kitty, Yakima, Washington     68

’18 Paul Lato pinot noir, Matinee, Santa Barbara     79

fellow countryman (we Poles are never opposite) Paul Lato has been crowned ‘the Prince of Pinot’; this blend, from a trio of hot shot SB vineyards, demonstrates why

’18 Bodegas El Nido monastrell/cabernet, Clio, Jumilla, Spain   86

’10 Bussola corvinone blend, TB, ripasso, Valpolicella Classico Superiore, Veneto, Italy     88

baby Amarone? more like teen-aged prodigy Amarone! Bassola TB is the real deal

’18 Ridge zinfandel blend, Geyserville, Alexander Valley   89

there’s zinfandel, and then there’s Ridge; the Geyserville field blend is the gold standard

’15 Chateau Cantin merlot/cabernet franc, Saint-Émilion, Bordeaux     96

’18 Caterwaul cabernet sauvignon, Napa   99

’14 Paradigm merlot/petit verdot, Paravines, Oakville    125

Ren Harris isn’t much for marketing (Paravines?), but he and Winemarker Heidi Barrett consistently turn Oakville fruit into Napa gold, particularly Bordaeux varietals like these

’17 Bruno Colin pinot noir, vieilles vignes, Chassagne Montrachet, Burgundy     135

’10 Cesari corvina blend, riserva, Bosan Vineyard, Amarone della Valpolicella, Veneto, Italy     199

’12 Chateau La Grave bordeaux blend, Pomerol, Bordeaux   295

’17 Gantenbein pinot noir, Graubünden, Switzerland     333