Lot's of good people drinkin' good Broc Wines in Berkeley including famous celebrities like @freddexms, @jbonne, @guilhaumegerard, Trak from Bi-Rite, and D.A.G.!

I helped Chris Brockway of Broc Cellars bottle his 2008 Vine Starr today. Chris is a fellow ex-Nebraskan and lives in the Tenderlolin. He's a super-cool guy and I really like the winemaking that's going on here: spotaneous ferments, no new oak, low sulpher and sourcing from dry-farmed, organic, old-vine vineyards. Vine Starr is 70% Zinfandel, 28% Petite Sirah, 2% Carignan (Carignan has carbonic) but I think of Chris as more of a Rhone specialist. In fact, I can't think of another producer in California who's getting the results that Chris is getting from Grenache: white pepper, floral, meaty while keeping the wine very dry and balanced.

Bottling is pretty boring work so it's good to take a wine break now and then: 2005 Domaine de Belliviere Rouge-Gorge (Pinot d'Aunis) Coteaux du Loir (excellent), 2006 Kunin Syrah, + mystery Zinfandel.

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