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Patz & Hall Chardonnay

Patz & Hall Sonoma Coast Chardonnay 2021
Patz & Hall Sonoma Coast Chardonnay. Click here for tasting notes.

Patz & Hall Sonoma Coast Chardonnay 2021

For more than three decades, Patz & Hall has occupied a special place among California’s elite Chardonnay producers. Founded in 1988 by Donald Patz, James Hall, Anne Moses, and Heather Patz, the winery built its reputation not through vast estate holdings, but through long-standing relationships with some of the finest vineyard owners in Sonoma County and beyond. Long before vineyard-designated wines became fashionable, Patz & Hall was showcasing the unique personalities of celebrated sites such as Hyde Vineyard, Durell Vineyard, Gap’s Crown Vineyard, Dutton Ranch, and Zio Tony Ranch.

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Flanagan Pinot Noir

Flanagan Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast 2016
Flanagan Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast. Click here for tasting notes. I have posts on all of these wines. Just search for Flanagan.

 

Flanagan Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast 2016

Eric Flanagan did not come of age with a background in the wine business, or even farming. After graduating from college in 1985, he embarked on a banking career, which he pursued until 2013. His job during those years took him on journeys around the world. He had always had an interest in wine, and over the course of these trips Flanagan became fascinated by how grapes of the same variety expressed themselves in different places.

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