Our People:
Hometown: Earth
First wine experience:
Bartles & Jaymes with a couple cheerleaders in a forest near Flagstaff.
Favorite varietal:
Cab, hands down. Cab is king!
Best accompaniment to wine:
Friends, and cheese of course.
Top three bottles of late:
Honig Cabernet (Napa, CA), Eberle Syrah (Paso Robles, CA), Parducci Petite Syrah (Mendocino, CA)
Favorite customer of the last month: Michelle Himovitz
Hometown: Bend, Oregon
First wine experience:
Someone bought a bottle of Black Opal — It was so horrible I swore I would never drink wine. Ever.
Favorite varietal:
Depends on my mood — usually a Zin or a big Chardonnay. I do love Champagne as well.
Best accompaniment to wine:
Good friends and laughter.
Top three bottles of late:
Runquist Grenache (Lodi, CA), Earthquake Petit Sirah (Lodi, CA), McManis Viogner (Lodi, CA).
Favorite customer of the last month: Bob from Sonoma
Hometown: Local boy.
First wine experience:
With the exception of being raised Catholic and partaking on my weekly tasting of Jesus Juice (Nazareth, ISR), my first real wine experience was after my first shift here at Terroir.
Favorite varietal:
Usually the bigger the better. A nice Cab, Zin, or an earthy Shiraz.
Best accompaniment to wine:
Good friends & good jams.
Top three bottles of late:
Jim Barry Shiraz (Clare Valley, Australia), Big Ass Zin (Lodi, CA), Turnbull Red Blend (Napa, CA).
Favorite customer of the last month: R2G
Hometown: Packerland. It's like a whole other country.
First wine experience:
Carlo Rossi wine jug. Took it to college parties because I didn't want to wait in the beer barrel lines.
Favorite varietal:
Bordeaux's Haut Medoc
Best accompaniment to wine:
A fire, sunset, and a good friend.
Top three bottles of late:
Chateau Bonnet '05 Bordeaux, Joseph Phelps Cabernet, Foxglove Chardonnay
Favorite customer of the last month: Courtney Perry
Hometown: Littleton, CO
First wine experience:
Stealing (borrowing) a bottle of Silver Oak from the parentals.
Favorite varietal:
Cabernet Sauvignon
Best accompaniment to wine:
Friends with good laughter
Top three bottles of late:
Earthquake Zinfandel, Silver Oak Napa, Chateau Haut Medoc
Favorite customer of the last month: Donna Levy
Hometown: Phoenix, AZ
First wine experience:
My Dad was a collector of fine wines for years and had me try my first wine at age 13.
Favorite varietal:
All the reds but love Merlot an Sauvignon Blancs
Best accompaniment to wine:
Good friends and chocolate
Top three bottles of late:
Chasing Venus Sauvignoon Blanc, Edge Cabernet, Jim Barry Shiraz
Favorite customer of the last month: Jayson
Hometown: Scottsdale, AZ
First wine experience:
I was 9 or 10 and took a sip of my aunt's red wine. It tasted so awful I swore I'd never drink wine.
Favorite varietal:
Cabernet
Best accompaniment to wine:
Duh... chocolate
Top three bottles of late:
Rombauer Zinfandel, Joel Gott Cabernet, The Show Cabernet
Favorite customer of the last month: Cliffy