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FrontRunners: From the Robb Cellar November 2013

The eponymous owner of Cliff Lede Vineyards in the Stags Leap District of the Napa Valley has an obvious passion for all things cultural. This enthusiasm manifests itself in every aspect of the property: The tasting room, with its California Craftsman–style design, quietly evokes the region’s past, for example, while in the winery, sleek postmodern […]

A Sparkling Dream Wine

Domaine Carneros’ 2005 Le Rêve (“the dream”) by Taittinger ($95) is the 14th vintage of the Blanc de Blancs sparkling wine that Claude Taittinger dreamed of creating in California to match the style of his French Comtes de Champagne. To achieve his goal, in 1987 he personally selected noted winemaker Eileen Crane to oversee his […]