A Somm’s Perspective: East Coast vs West Coast

Napa Valley Wine Academy

Back in 2011, one of my favorite party tricks at the wine bar I co-owned in San Francisco was to slip a blind taste of Sheldrake Point Dry Riesling to unsuspecting guests any time they requested a crisp, dry white. Invariably, they would exclaim, “Oh, that’s delicious! What is it?”