July 2026

DAvid Hill

Row 1

Savagnin

Willamette Valley, Oregon

In this bottle, we have grapes from the oldest Savagnin vines planted in the U.S. Traditionally a grape from the Jura region, this expression give you the waxiness and nuttiness you might be familiar with, plus a little extra sunshine.

The farmhouse that serves as the tasting room today was built in 1883 on the Rueter family homestead. During prohibition the grapevines planted by Rueter were removed and replaced with fruit trees and potato fields. In 1965, Charles Coury, a graduate of UC Davis and the namesake for most of the Pinot Noir clones in the United States, came to Oregon and planted vines from Alsace. These are now our oldest vines from root stock in the U.S.

Coury planted an assortment of Pinot Noir, Gewurztraminer, Sylvaner, Pinot Blanc, Savagnin, and Riesling, which are still on the property today. When Milan & Jeans Stoyanov purchased the property, they planted an additional 20 acres of Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, and Chardonnay. They re-established the estate's legacy by creating the David Hill label in 2000. Today, David Hill is a third generation farm.

Pairing: Orzo Salad with Lentils

Fun fact: The house the winery is in is said to be haunted.

Chai de la Dive

Rosé

Cab Franc

Loire, France

With the 2024 vintage, Romain Guiberteau, Brendan Stater-West, Camille Guiberteau (Romain's daughter) and Camille’s partner, Alex Crochet, have launched a new négociant project: Chai de la Dive. This initiative reflects a growing commitment to the local organic farming community by purchasing high-quality fruit from neighboring vineyards.

Although these wines will now appear under a different label, significant portions of the fruit are still farmed by the teams of Romain and Brendan. The change allows them to focus their respective domaines on site-specific, age-worthy bottlings, while Chai de la Dive becomes home to earlier-release, more accessible wines.

All wines are bottled at Domaine Guiberteau, with Romain’s name on the back labels — a nod to both origin and continuity, and the start of a new identity under Chai de la Dive.

This rosé of Cab Franc might be our favorite rosé of the year; it is refreshing, bright, and has a bit of the nuance you can only get from Cab Franc.

Pairing: Grilled Harissa Shrimp

Fun fact: The word “Chai” refers to a wine cellar in French. “La Dive” is a nod to the village of Saint-Just-sur-Dive, the historic home of Domaine Guiberteau, and also evokes the nearby La Dive River.

Lapierre

Le Beaujolais

Gamay

Beaujolais, France

The methods at Lapierre are just as revolutionary as they are traditiona, the detail and precision with which they work is striking and entirely different from the mass-produced majority of Beaujolais on the market today. Decomposed granite comprises most of their eleven hectares, and the vines are an average of 45 years of age. Grapes are picked at the last possible moment to obtain the ripest fruit, which is a trademark of the estate style. The Lapierres age their wines on fine lees for at least nine months in oak foudresand futs ranging from 3 to 13 years old. These wines are the essence of Morgon: bright, fleshy fruit with a palatable

The 2023 wines from Beajolais are my favorites that I have had in my decade long wine drinking journey. They have the earth we have come to love but an abundance of fresh fruit that make the irresistible now. Drink and enjoy.

Pairing: Caramelized Shallot Pasta

Fun fact: The four members of the Gang of Four, Marcel Lapierre, Jean Thevenet, Guy Breton, and Jean Foillard used to meet frequently to taste each others wines and discuss what worked well in their wines and what did not, further pushing quality and attention to detail.