Witching Stick Wines
The fabulous wines we featured:
2012 Gianoli Vineyard Pinot Noir
- 91 points, Connoisseurs’ Guide
- Gianoli Vineyards was frst planted in the late 19th century
Tasting Notes: Well ripened fruit flavors and soft generous texture on the palate with a mouth coating richness. There is always a strong spice element in Gianoli Pinot noir that mingles with exotic berry flavors.
2013 Durrell Vineyard Chardonnay
- 91 points, Connoisseurs’ Guide
Tasting Notes: The wine has layers of flavors and aromas associated with Chardonnay: green apples, citrus, litchi nuts, pear, tropical fruit. The integration of oak enhances the spiced vanillin theme of fruit and allows minerality to linger on the finish.
Winemaker's Notes
Van specializes in small-lot, boutique wines from unique sites. Sourcing from some proven vineyards and some obscure gems, each site provides and intensity of flavor and terroir present in Van's intuition has guided him to the best vines, atop hillsides and along ridges, to produce wines that are consistently surprising: magic on the palate.
Mendocino County
Van and Anne Williamson
Van Williamson