Radio-Coteau Wine Cellars

Radio-Coteau Wine Cellars is one of California's most intellectually serious and critically acclaimed small-production Pinot Noir programs. Eric Sussman — who studied viticulture and winemaking with a deliberate commitment to understanding biodynamic farming before establishing the label in 2002 — produces wines from Sonoma Coast vineyard sources that he selects for their extreme maritime character and their capacity for producing wines of genuine mineral depth and salinity.

The winemaking philosophy is as principled as the vineyard sourcing: native yeast fermentations, no additions of commercial yeasts or enzymes, minimal sulfur, unfined, unfiltered — wines that arrive in the glass with the full, unmediated character of the specific coastal California terrain where they were grown. The La Neblina Vineyard ('the fog' in Spanish) is Radio-Coteau's most celebrated source, producing Pinot Noir from the Sonoma Coast's most Pacific-proximate and fog-saturated site.

The Westside Road Healdsburg appointment tasting provides access to one of California's most Burgundian-minded and least-commercially-oriented small Pinot Noir programs — wines that collectors compare to Gevrey-Chambertin and Chambolle-Musigny in their mineral precision and vineyard-specific character.