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2005 Estancia Monterey Pinot Noir ($15)

Associate winemaker Robert Cook used techniques normally applied only to top-of- the-line bottlings—such as whole-berry and native yeast fermentation—to produce this affordable Pinot, full of ripe raspberry fruit.

2005 Potel-Aviron Côte de Brouilly ($19)

Noted Burgundy producer Nicolas Potel and partner Stephane Aviron make this aromatic, blueberry-inflected cru Beaujolais from vines that are 35 to 70 years old, which help give it far more complexity and depth than most Beaujolais. 2005 Picket Fence Russian River Valley Chardonnay ($20) This peachy Chardonnay, made by Don van Staaveren (formerly the winemaker at Artesa Vineyards & Winery), comes primarily from the cool Green Valley subregion of Sonoma’s famed Russian River Valley.

2005 Picket Fence Russian River Valley Chardonnay ($20)

This peachy Chardonnay, made by Don van Staaveren (formerly the winemaker at Artesa Vineyards & Winery), comes primarily from the cool Green Valley subregion of Sonoma’s famed Russian River Vally.