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Sonoma and Neighbors 2022 & 2023: Opposites Attract

"It’s that time of year. New releases from Sonoma County and neighboring appellations are starting to hit the market. This report covers some of the most exciting wines I tasted on my recent trip to Sonoma." View Article

Placing a Bet on Italian Grapes in California

One grower, Kevin Harvey, a former venture capitalist turned wine entrepreneur, is wagering that here in California, he can produce a great nebbiolo, which has proved difficult anywhere beyond the grape's home territory in northern Italy. View Article

Eric Asimov, New York Times

Healdsburg’s new Sicily-inspired winery is pouring the best white wine you’ve never heard of

One of the most coveted white wines from Italy, rarely seen in California, is finally coming into the spotlight. Carricante, a grape variety from Sicily, is now considered by some experts to be the finest white-wine variety anywhere in Italy, and wine geeks have developed a craze for it in recent years. View Article

Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle

Rhys Vineyards’ Kevin Harvey turns to Italian-style wines in Sonoma

California, according to Kevin Harvey, has never gotten Italian-inspired wines quite right. He plans to change that. “So many Cal-Ital projects have failed,” the vintner says. “At the low end, it’s not differentiated from the available cheap Italian wines. At the high end, nobody’s really tried.” View Article

Ester Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle

From Etna and the Salty Sea, a White of Great Potential

Through his work with Benanti and others, Mr. Foti is spreading the gospel of carricante. One convert is Kevin Harvey of Rhys Vineyards in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California. Around 10 years ago, while traveling in Italy, he tasted the 2001 Pietra Marina. “The lights went on for me,” he said. “It had all the aspects of a truly great white wine: ageworthiness, complexity, completeness. I think carricante is one of the world’s great white wine grapes.” View Article