Whitcraft Winery, Santa Barbara County, KickOn Vineyard Pinot Noir 2016 Rose in the process

in the process

with smaller amounts of the RBS

and black currant aromas lead to an elegant

They’ve also become champions of Rioja’s lesser-known varieties

There's a lot of grace and style here

Whitcraft Winery, Santa Barbara County, KickOn Vineyard Pinot Noir 2016 Rose in the processWhen Drake Whitcraft took over the family winery in 2007 (the winery was founded two decades before, in 1985 by his parents, Chris and Kathleen) his goal was to make balanced Central Coast wine of purity, honesty, and finesse. Because he grew up within the culture of wine and California winemaking, he was perpetually under the tutelage of both father Chris and friend Burt Williams, founder of the legendary Williams Selyem winery in Sonoma. During a