October

Home Vineyard is a home run! WU has been carrying Varner long before the press learned of these phenomenal wines. They have slowly raised their prices over the years but I still find them an incredible value. Only members currently enrolled will be shipped this wine since it is highly allocated. So if you were scheduled to be shipped this month, you are in luck.

The) three Chardonnays from Jim and Bob Varner are made from three blocks the Varners planted in the early 1980s in the Portola Valley. They are fairly large-scaled wines that at the same time retain considerable minerality and structure in a style that is distinctive of the Santa Cruz Mountains, but that stands apart from the lusher, oakier style of wine many people associate as typical California Chardonnay... Readers should do whatever they can to taste these majestic Chardonnays - Robert Parker, Aug 2011.