How to Out-Bordeaux Bordeaux in Silicon Valley (WSJ)

Jay McInerney reports on a recent wine dinner at Restaurant Daniel in NYC, attended by winemaker Paul Draper.

Ironically, Ridge Monte Bello, the Cabernet-based wine that some of us believe resembles old-school Bordeaux more than most of what’s being produced under that name today, comes from a steep ridge in the Santa Cruz Mountains overlooking Silicon Valley. Indeed, a recent issue of the French magazine Vigneron calls Ridge Vineyards’ longtime winemaker, Paul Draper, “le plus ‘Bordelais’ des wine-makers Américains.” Daniel Johnnes, wine director of Daniel Boulud’s restaurant group in New York and host of a dinner for Mr. Draper at the restaurant Daniel this past Tuesday, calls Ridge “the greatest American winery.”

For more information, please view the full article at the Wall Street Journal (subscription may be required).