Comtes Lafon’s white Burgundies are among the most admired in the world. Robert M. Parker Jr. has written that the domaine’s wines are “one of the reference points for white Burgundy.” The Lafon family also makes exceptional red Burgundy.

In 1992 Ann Colgin left a career at Sotheby’s to immerse herself in Napa Valley winemaking. Working with legendary winemaker Helen Turley, Colgin’s wines became California Cult Cabs. Robert Parker calls them “some of the world’s greatest wines…”

Beringer Vineyards was started by German immigrant brothers in 1876. They built a mansion like those they admired in the Rhine Valley. Today, the estate is on the National Register of Historic Places.