Is it Napa or Friuli? Neither. It's Massican

[Eric_Guido]

I don’t push too many of my blog post on the public in forums but this one is worth it for us all.

Today I posted an article about Massican Winery. Headed up by Dan Petroski (assistant winemaker at Larkmead). Massican is turning out some really exciting white wines from Napa, but with a north-eastern Italian flair. They are stunning. This is one of a few wineries whose list I buy from each year without hesitation.

If you’d like to check it out, go to: http://theviptable.blogspot.com/2011/06/is-it-napa-or-friuli-neither-its.html

[David_White]

Eric -

Great blog post. And you’re right – Dan Petroski’s Massican wines are awesome. Food friendly, acid-driven, interesting, and perfect for this time of year.

I must admit, though, I’m a bit worried about everyone finding out about how tasty these wines are!

[Tyson_Stevenson]

And Dan is one hell of a guy. Going to pop a Massican Sauv Blanc this weekend.

[Bob_Wood]

And here I thought this thread was going to be about immigration. Or tacos.

[Eric_Guido]

@David White

Eric -

Great blog post. And you’re right – Dan Petroski’s Massican wines are awesome. Food friendly, acid-driven, interesting, and perfect for this time of year.

I must admit, though, I’m a bit worried about everyone finding out about how tasty these wines are!

Thanks David, it’s a good point but Dan certainly deserves the recognition.

[Eric_Guido]

@Bob Wood

And here I thought this thread was going to be about immigration. Or tacos.

Don’t worry, I’ll cover the immigrating taco issue in a future post.

[Eric_Guido]

@Tyson Stevenson

And Dan is one hell of a guy. Going to pop a Massican Sauv Blanc this weekend.

I really enjoyed that wine. We all took a moment, after the first taste, and everyone could tell that it was unanimous–we all loved it.

[TomHill]

Agree, Eric…Dan’s wines are pretty awesome. But to me they’re distinctly NapaVlly…so better than most of their Friulian analogs IMHO.
Dan also suggested I try the MatthiassonFamily and ArbreGarbe wines…two more wineries following the Friulian path in Calif.
In a few weeks, we’ll be getting together out there to taste thru a bunch of those wines, including some from ChanningDaughters,
where ChristopherTracey is doing some interesting things along the Friulian lines.
Tom

[Eric_Guido]

@TomHill

Agree, Eric…Dan’s wines are pretty awesome. But to me they’re distinctly NapaVlly…so better than most of their Friulian analogs IMHO.
Dan also suggested I try the MatthiassonFamily and ArbreGarbe wines…two more wineries following the Friulian path in Calif.
In a few weeks, we’ll be getting together out there to taste thru a bunch of those wines, including some from ChanningDaughters,
where ChristopherTracey is doing some interesting things along the Friulian lines.
Tom

I was invited to the very get-to-gether you’re referring to… but I’m working almost daily with a current client. I would have loved to attend.

I get what you’re saying about the Friuli analogy… but I must say that if you closed your eyes to the labels and tasted these with the foods of Friuli… it’s like being transported.

Also, I haven’t tasted wines like this in Napa before, so it’s hard for me to think of them as distinctly Napa.

I just did a write up of Channing Daughter’s for Snooth… WOW! some really interesting wines. It would be great to compare them all.

Damn, I’m so pissed I can’t make it to Napa this July.

[Eric_Guido]

PS: My Channing Daughters article on Snooth… http://www.snooth.com/articles/winery-profiles/channing-daughters-winery/

[mike.m]

I gotta try these wines.

[Brennan_Anderson]

@TomHill

Agree, Eric…Dan’s wines are pretty awesome. But to me they’re distinctly NapaVlly…so better than most of their Friulian analogs IMHO.
Dan also suggested I try the MatthiassonFamily and ArbreGarbe wines…two more wineries following the Friulian path in Calif.
In a few weeks, we’ll be getting together out there to taste thru a bunch of those wines, including some from ChanningDaughters,
where ChristopherTracey is doing some interesting things along the Friulian lines.
Tom

I’ll second the recommendation for Matthiasson - there’s some really cool under the radar type stuff coming out of Napa these days and I think both Massican and Matthiasson are right at the forefront and I dig what they’re doing.