Martinelli has a terrifically romantic history. In 1887 a teen-aged couple from Tuscany eloped to the Russian River Valley. Giuseppe Martinelli, a young winemaker, then 19, and his 16-year-old wife set to work growing grapes and making wine.

Domaine Ponsot was founded in 1872 when William Ponsot returned from the Franco-Prussian war and bought an estate in Morey-Saint-Denis. Today the estate is one of Burgundy’s most distinctive and makes highly regarded premier cru and village wines.

Fait Main means “handmade’ in French. And that pretty much says it all. Fait Main wines are made by Benoit Touquette, a French winemaker in high demand in Napa Valley for his ability to perfectly match French winemaking tradition with Napa terroir.