North American Press Suisun Valley Sparkling Catawba Pariah 2023 NO20230802 The 2022 vintage—one of the

The 2022 vintage—one of the finest in recent memory for Burgundy—finds perfect expression in Beaune's Les Sizies under Étienne de Montille's biodynamic direction

resulting in a well finished balance

Rhys is one of the few California wineries that made hard-core Burgundy drinkers sit up straight — not because the wines imitate Burgundy

Unlike Taittinger’s classic stainless steel vinification

the palate is velvety and harmonious with red fruit and orange complexity

North American Press Suisun Valley Sparkling Catawba Pariah 2023 NO20230802 The 2022 vintage—one of theIn the 1850s, the most celebrated wine in America was sparkling Catawba. Longfellow liked it enough to write a poem about it. Then vine disease, Prohibition and fashion buried the grape, and Catawba became a punchline, which is exactly why Matt Niess named this bottling Pariah. He hand harvested a single row of dry farmed Catawba in Suisun Valley's alluvial soils and gave it the full traditional method treatment: second fermentation in the bottle,