Stanley's Wine Class - Essential California North Coast Wines - April 29, 2026, 6-7:30pm Apples Aged more than 5 years

Aged more than 5 years and bottled at cask strength

Napa and Sonoma have a reputation problem

2024 Raimones Orange

and caramel before leading into a dense palate of baked apricot

focused acidity

Stanley's Wine Class - Essential California North Coast Wines - April 29, 2026, 6-7:30pm Apples Aged more than 5 yearsThe North Coast put California wine on the map in the 1970s. But today, Napa and Sonoma have a reputation problem. Thirty years of trophy bottles, inflated scores, and paint by numbers winemaking have made it easy to write off the whole region. That story isnt wrong, but its incomplete. Our understanding of North Coast terroir has matured, and there's a quieter group of small producers farming organically, working with minimal intervention in the