Sante Winemaking Singled Out by Vinous

Sante Winemaking Singled Out by Vinous

Excerpted from “Santa Cruz Mountains – The Chameleon” by Billy Norris: “The strongest asset here is a core of capable, scrappy, adaptable, quality-minded producers who utilize the region’s diversity to succeed in spite of adversity. They change colors as necessary to blend in with their environment—like chameleons—churning out wines of precision, transparency and value year…

Split Rail Vineyard

Recent Press from Wine Advocate

Matthew Luczy, the new Central Coast reviewer for Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate, recently published his first review of the Santa Cruz Mountains, which featured a select few local producers. We were very fortunate to be asked to contribute wines and meet Matthew for this article, and the reviews were exciting… “A small group of historic…

2021 Wines Praised by Wine Advocate

It is always unnerving to send wine off to critics for review. Sometimes our very best efforts fall short of a critic’s expectations. We producers just send wine off into the ether and hope for the best, and we often wait a long time in suspense.   We’re happy to report that Robert Parker’s Wine…

Seeking Closure(s)

From day 1 of Sante Arcangeli Family Wines I have set out to make only top-shelf, high quality wines without exception. Early on, one of the key principles that I adopted was the use of high quality natural cork to seal my bottles. My thinking on this was that the top-tier natural cork had more…

Ananda Pinot Noir Featured in the List of 2023’s Top 50 at JebDunnuck.com

I’m happy to announce that our 2020 Ananda Pinot Noir has been chosen among the top 50 wines of 2023 by wine critic R.H. Drexel at JebDunnuck.com. The list, which features wines by some of our friends and collegues as well, includes several wines that have inspired me over the years. I’m incredibly happy and…

A Note on Pricing

When I first began making wine in 2008, my goal was to make high-quality wines that were still approachable– from a drinkability standpoint and a price standpoint.  To over-deliver at my price point.  That goal has never changed.  The times, however, have changed since then. A lot. I started this business in 2008, and until…