february 1-28: Beauregard Vineyards

This month, we’re letting you in on a little secret dear to our hearts, called Beauregard Vineyards. From where we stand, Beauregard has to be one of the most underrated, insider-only labels in all of California. Every time we drink one of Ryan Beauregard’s wines, we look at each other and muse, “Damn. Why isn’t everyone talking about this?” Ryan, who literally grew up running wild through his family’s 62 acres of remote Santa Cruz Mountains vineyards, is almost inappropriately kind, generous, humble and great-humored. He also makes ridiculously good wine.

As he tells the story of his come-up in winemaking, “In 1998, I started out as a home winemaker, slowly evolving my craft, learning from many peers and mentors, and mostly the School of Doing.” Roughly a quarter century of Doing later, his wines ring out clear, pure, serene and un-boasted-about as the mountain forest air in his little home hamlet of Bonny Doon. Ryan’s approach is simple: “Put modern style winemaking by the wayside and employ old world techniques” and “show the flavor of the land”—the nuances he knows by heart, learned way back in childhood, playing and digging and climbing, absorbing the different smells, tastes, feelings and energy of different pockets of this special place.

》 Beauregard Chardonnay Santa Cruz Mountains 2021
$18gl  ~  $50/bottle to go  ~  $60/bottle to stay

》 Beauregard Pinot Noir Santa Cruz Mountains 2022
$16/gl  ~  $50/bottle to go  ~  $60/bottle to stay

》 Beauregard Meritage Santa Cruz Mountains 2021
$22/gl  ~  $60/bottle to go  ~  $70/bottle to stay

》 $28 - Flight of all three wines