Martha Stoumen Post Flirtation White 2024 Region_Barossa and genuinely regional

and genuinely regional

Today Renato and Franca Vacca run the estate with a small local team

experimenting in the cellar with clay amphorae

“Pauline” is fermented from whole clusters in concrete

Martha Stoumen Post Flirtation White 2024 Region_Barossa and genuinely regionalThe Land The Cecchini Family Vineyard sits outside Knightsen in Contra Costa County: hot delta land, sandy clay soils, and a near constant wind off the cold, salty Carquinez Strait that keeps the site cooler and more Mediterranean than the latitude suggests. Roussanne, Marsanne, and Muscat blanc all come from here. The Vermentino takes a different route: The Bench Vineyard in Clements Hills, San Joaquin County, certified organic and biodynamic, sandy