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And although Jerome passed away in 1997, his foundation has now invested over $210 million to make a better and more just world through the power of invention.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd along the way, they had a child – Eric Lemelson. Now as you can imagine, the child of such two amazing parents turned out to be a rather strong-willed individual himself. And since we have some darn tasty wine to get to, let’s just jump ahead to 1990, when Eric attended a business dinner in downtown Portland, Oregon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 1990s were the great blossoming time for Willamette Valley Pinot Noir – some amazing vineyards had been identified and planted to matching clonal material, and vintners had matured their craft from hobby-style, garage-based wineries into handcrafted, experience-based, world-class winemaking. Eric ordered a bottle of the local Pinot Noir, tasted it, and his mind was blown.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd then two worlds collided – Dorothy maintained a small farmhouse in the hills of Dundee outside of Portland. Eric had become a leading environmental attorney, and now he couldn’t shake the taste, flavor and texture of Oregon Pinot. And so, with his considerable resources he turned the small farmhouse and its garden into an organically farmed vineyard with a LEED-certified gravity-flow winery. The results are utterly delicious Willamette Valley Pinot Noir:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMade from totally estate-grown organic fruit, Thea’s Cuvee hits an absolute homerun with the 2021 vintage it's simply irresistible. The nose opens with a beautiful blast of Pinot red fruit characters – a mélange of cherries backed up with nuanced notes of red licorice, roasted tea, cinnamon and touches of graham cracker. The palate is gorgeously smooth with beautiful texture. Perfectly integrated now feel free to drink with reckless abandon. But if you can, hold a few bottles in your cellar for over the next seven years – I promise, they will be secreted treasures!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo honor his father, Eric puts a little beanie hat on the label. To honor his mother, he named it after her. 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But it should be, and I’m here to pleasantly, and quickly, introduce you to all of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArnauld Lambert is a young winemaker in the Loire Valley, with his hometown being Saumur Champigny. Coming to winemaking at a young age, he also arrived with no preconceived notions, which is important for his part of the world. Most Saumur wines are made in the old, co-operative style, emphasizing bulk production instead of quality of fruit. Most are also grown using a high input of chemicals as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut Lambert changed all of that. First he shifted to organics, and he is now shifting to biodynamics. Instead of large bulk parcels, he is vinifying small cuvees focused on obtaining the pure expression of the terroir. Hence this one being named “red earth”, after that soil on which it is planted. As \u003cem\u003eBettane \u0026amp; Desseauve\u003c\/em\u003e (the top French wine magazine) noted of Lambert: “[He is] one of the most talented winemakers in the Loire… one of Top 100 Producers of France.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Saumur, the main red grape variety is Cabernet Franc. And with stating that, I would like to give a bit of a disclaimer, with a silver lining. Loire Cabernet Franc, when farmed in bulk, often is not to most Americans’ flavor profile liking. If you were studying for a Master Somm exam, the kindest way you might summarize it is “underripe blueberry.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut that’s not this wine. Here, due to careful vineyard practices and meticulous work in the winery, Lambert’s Saumur Franc expresses a gorgeous purity of red raspberry fruit and blueberry fruit on the nose and palate. The fruit expression is so dynamic and engaging, it is absolutely sure to please. But this is still the Loire (not Napa), and the fruit character is one of vivid freshness, as opposed to, say, Pritchard Hill Franc’s girthy power. The wine is lean with the sense of being utterly refreshing, giving the palate and finish definition in detail – a master work of deliciousness wrapped in a delightfully unassuming presentation. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere, front and center, is the new-wave of Loire Cabernet Franc, the reason that sommeliers everywhere are bragging about being able to glass pour Lambert’s wines. Like many wines I’ve seen over the years, I believe this one will soon become a cult favorite, and quickly double and triple in price, if not more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOr, maybe an easy way to summarize this wine—-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you can recall the flush stirrings of your first teenage romance immortalized in Austrud Gilberto’s Bossa Nova rendition of Rogers and Hammerstein’s song “It Might as Well be Spring” you’ve got this wine – charming, pretty, restless, elegant, gay in a melancholy way, bursting with anticipation of all the new life spring brings. 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Times change and keep on changing. And one of the unfortunate things I’ve experienced is that number #3 hasn’t been so true in recent years – Willamette Valley Pinot has climbed up in price averaging in at California levels and well, most Oregon producers now say, “we don’t want to say we’re Burgundian” and by some of the flavors they are getting, they are definitely not (apologies here to all Oregon Pinot producers – four hot vintages in a row doesn’t help).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo when I got a shot to bring this winery – Evesham Wood—back to Wisconsin, I absolutely jumped at the chance. Why? Because the Pinots are absolutely fantastic. They taste like Burgundy with a dash of Willamette sun and long, cool hang-time autumn thrown in. 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An experienced vineyard master and a diversely gifted wizard in the cellar, I challenge you to name anyone in California bottling a broader and more consistently delicious arsenal of fairly priced, eco-friendly, and truly hand-crafted wines.” - Ian Cauble, Master Sommelier\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWaterford commentary:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKenny Likitprakong, the founder, owner, and maker of Ghostwriter wines, says his Pinot Noirs tell a story. “The subjects of the story are the sites, the vines, and the vintage,” he explains. “As the winemaker, my part is simply to tell the story.” The story Kenny’s Santa Cruz County Pinot Noir tells is nothing less than magical.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story begins when Kenny graduated from the University of California, Davis in 2001. 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