Puppione Family Wines

2021 INTERO Syrah

94 Points | Wine Enthusiast | January 2023

This is the first wine we made as a family of four, and it was also the first wine we made using 100% whole clusters. As such, we fittingly named this wine INTERO, meaning “whole” in Italian. It is a celebration of not only the beauty of cool-climate Syrah, but also of feeling complete and fulfilled as parents with the addition of our son in late 2020. And each year, this bottling will serve to honor the fullness and fellowship of family.

• 100% Syrah organically farmed
• 100% Foot tread, whole cluster & native yeast fermentation
• Aged 10 months in neutral French Oak barrels
• Bottled unfined & unfiltered with minimal sulfur addition
• 13.5% ABV

2021 MAGARI Cuvée

92 Points | Wine Enthusiast | January 2023

Gold Medal | 2023 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition

In Italian, MAGARI means “hopefully” or “if only.” It is a word used to express a wish for a better future, and like so many parents, we look to each year with hearts full of a desire for something beautiful with and for our children. To us, this elegant blend of Cabernet Sauvignon from the Alexander Valley and Syrah from the Russian River Valley is the vinous embodiment of this sentiment.

• 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 50% Syrah organically farmed
• 100% Whole-cluster (Syrah)
• Foot tread & native-yeast fermentation
• Aged 10 months in neutral French Oak barrels
• Bottled unfined & unfiltered with minimal sulfur addition
• 13.5% ABV

2022 FESTA Bianco

Our very first white wine features the northern Italian grape Friulano and comes to us from high in the Sierra Foothills. This refreshing and aromatic bottling is quintessential mountain juice—bright, pretty, and vivacious—a perfect pairing partner for a wide range of foods or your favorite spot outdoors.

The FESTA wines are made to honor Lucia Festa Puppione–the matriarch of the Puppiones in America–who brought her family to Oakland, CA in 1913. It was in her home where husband Pietro made the first family wines in the basement. She was a woman of strength, independence, and kindness. These wines reflect her spirit of celebrating life and tradition.

• 100% Friulano grapes organically farmed
• 100% Foot Tread
• 100% Whole cluster press native yeast fermentation
• Aged 4 months in neutral French oak barrel & stainless steel drums
• Gently filtered for clarity and stability
• 12.5% ABV

2022 FESTA Rosso

A crushable combination of Syrah from the Russian River Valley, Cabernet Sauvignon from the Alexander Valley, and Friulano from the Sierra Foothills, this is a well-rounded chillable red wine built for the warmer months ahead…or just elevating a midweek pizza night. Fruit-forward, fresh, and fun for the palate—chill it or don’t, but definitely enjoy.

The FESTA wines are made to honor Lucia Festa Puppione–the matriarch of the Puppiones in America–who brought her family to Oakland, CA in 1913. It was in her home where husband Pietro made the first family wines in the basement. She was a woman of strength, independence, and kindness. These wines reflect her spirit of celebrating life and tradition.

• 45% Syrah, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Friulano grapes organically farmed
• 100% Foot Tread
• 100% Whole cluster native yeast fermentation (Syrah)
• 100% Destemmed native yeast fermentation (Cabernet Sauvignon)
• 100% Whole cluster press native yeast fermentation (Friulano)
• Aged 4 months in stainless steel drums
• Bottled unfined & gently filtered
• 12.5% ABV

2021 VOLTA Cuvée

Gold Medal | 2023 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition

In poetry, Volta is the turning point or moment of change–and the year 2021 was certainly that for us and our family winery. By bringing in organically-farmed Grenache and Mourvèdre from the Chalone AVA, we sourced from outside of our native Sonoma County for the first time and blended these with our signature cool-climate Syrah from our Russian River Valley home. With aromatic lift, verve on the palate, and a crystalline purity of fruit, this is a Rhône classic beautifully reimagined in the cooler climes of California.

• 40% Grenache, 40% Syrah, 20% Mourvèdre grapes organically farmed
• 100% Foot Tread
• 100% Whole cluster native yeast fermentation
• Aged 10 months in neutral French oak barrels
• Bottled unfined & unfiltered
• 13.0% ABV

2020 SOREN Cuvée

90 Points | Wine Enthusiast | August 2022

Inspired by a family-favorite wine from Southern France and named for our son, the 2020 Soren Cuvée showcases the strength and style that reflect our boy’s signature traits. Seriously playful and charmingly defiant, this wine’s layered aromatics and rich flavor profile answer the call for a wine built for celebrating anytime.

2020 SOREN Cabernet Sauvignon

The 2020 Soren Cabernet Sauvignon is the result of what happens when you truly have too much of a good thing. With the remaining gorgeous grapes we had after assembling the Soren Cuvée, we were lucky enough to craft just ONE barrel of this powerful beauty. Freshness, fullness, and finesse highlight our rarest bottling ever.

2017 ARIYA Syrah

The grapes for the 2017 Ariya Syrah were actually picked three months before the wine’s namesake entered the world. Immaculate fruit handled with minimal intervention resulted in a wine with an old-world charm that lifts and a depth of flavor that patiently unfolds on the palate.