For over 40 years, Richard Arrowood has been unwavering in his commitment to winegrowing in Sonoma County and showcasing our unique terroir to the world.

From our diverse portfolio of acclaimed wines, we've developed four elegant gift pairings that will make a wonderful present for the wine lover on your holiday shopping list. We're sure they will enjoy what is in the bottle as much as we did making them.


Réserve Spéciale Wines

Réserve Spéciale is our highest designation and represents the crème de la crème of our cellar. Starting a few months after harvest, Winemaster Richard Arrowood hand selects lots of Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon that have the highest character and provides them with additional barrel aging for our Réserve Spéciale designation.

2006 Chardonnay, Réserve Spéciale & 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon, Réserve Spéciale
$150 - Add to cart

Two bottles of 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon, Réserve Spéciale
$210 - Add to cart

First in Line wine club members receive preferred pricing.

Richard Arrowood's longstanding partnership with Richard and Saralee Kunde's vineyard in the Russian River Valley has created a brilliant instrument for the hand of our master winemaker. This extraordinary site produces a Viognier with an aromatic bouquet and wonderful acidity, and a Syrah with vibrant fruit and incredible structure.

2006 Viognier, Saralee's Vineyard & 2004 Syrah, Saralee's Vineyard
$80 - Add to cart

First in Line wine club members receive preferred pricing.






Richard's Philosophy:

"Truly remarkable, highly flavorful wines have much to do with the terroir and how the fruit is handled and processed at the winery. Like a physician, our first duty is to do no harm. Paying close attention to the details of terroir and oenological methodologies that allow the winemaker to extract these important components from the grape itself is crucial. The health of the soil is another key element to the overall health of the grapes, and when you are growing wines in the vineyard, organically and sustainably grown vines tend to grow better wines.

For added complexity, there is also the practice of attenuating the amount of fruit each vine is allowed to bear. In many cases depending upon variety, we heavily thin the clusters of grapes, producing a much smaller crop than would otherwise have been harvested. That said, I think what has to be remembered is that the "winemakers art" is essentially what contributes to the wine, its special personality and flavor profile. As the old saying goes, you can't make great wine from poor grapes but you sure can make poor wine from great grapes if you don't know what you are doing."

Questions?
Give us a call at 1-800-938-5170 and we will be happy to answer them.

Holiday Shipping Dates
For delivery by Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

Last day for orders using UPS Ground Shipment is December 15th for the East Coast and Central U.S., and December 19th for the West Coast.

Last day and time for orders using Overnight service is December 22nd before 11am (PST).

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