ALPHA OMEGA: USING OLD-WORLD TRADITIONS TO CREATE EXCITING NEW WINES

James recently had a tasting over Zoom with winemaker Matt Brain and consulting enologist Andy Erickson of Alpha Omega in St. Helena, California. They discussed the winery’s goal of making more refined and transparent vineyard sourced wines, which shone through particularly in Napa’s superb 2019 vintage.

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