Today, Alto de la Ballena produces tannat, cabernet franc and viognier, as well as a delightful tannat-viognier blend.

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Wines at Delaplane Cellars include crisp whites like Chardonnay and Viognier and complex red wines that include Melange Rouge, William's Gap Reserve, and Cabernet Franc.

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Under the advisement of Michel Rolland, a Bordeaux-based wine consultant, Grover produces a variety of whites and reds, including sauvignon blanc, viognier, cabernet and shiraz, that are as palatable with a plate of cumin-crusted lamb chops as they are on their own.

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His extensive wine list came with an impressive number of half-bottles. (I wish more restaurants would do the same, enabling diners to experiment with different wines.) Following his sage advice, we tried the 2009 Pride Mountain Viognier, followed by the 2010 Hirsch Vineyards San Andreas Pinot Noir.

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Along with Clone 5 pinot noir from California, Vaynerchuk likes the Starry Night Lodi Zinfandel, which he says "sings with food, " and the Bacio Divino Pazzo, an Italian-style wine made in California, with a touch of the white variety Viognier blended in to mellow it.

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