Schug Winery Sonoma Coast Sauvignon Blanc 2023

Walter Schug came to California from Germany's Rheingau in 1961, eventually becoming the founding winemaker at Joseph Phelps before establishing his own Sonoma estate in 1980. His family continues the tradition today, farming the fog-cooled Sonoma Coast with the same Old World instinct for restraint that Walter brought from the Rhine four decades ago. The 2023 Sauvignon Blanc is everything that philosophy produces: bright citrus, white peach, fresh herbs and a clean mineral finish that keeps you reaching for the glass long after you expected to be done with it. No oak, no artifice, no gasconade — just honest, beautifully made Sonoma white at a price that makes opening a second bottle feel entirely reasonable. Don't miss it.