Comptoir Sta. Rita Hills Riesling Melville Vineyard 2024 SF Chronicle - Past Pick Volunteer firefighter Jess Graber and

Volunteer firefighter Jess Graber and Flying Dog Brewery founder George Stranahan started distilling together in 2004

Fermented and aged in stainless steel to preserve its energetic acidity

In Flavien's hands

Give it half an hour in a decanter and it's ready tonight

made from a blend of multiple Bourbons using a variety of yeast strains

Comptoir Sta. Rita Hills Riesling Melville Vineyard 2024 SF Chronicle - Past Pick Volunteer firefighter Jess Graber andComptoir is the personal project of David Castleberry, the San Francisco sommelier who once ran the wine program at RN74 before Santa Barbara pulled him into making his own. Here he's coaxed dry Riesling out of Melville Vineyard a cool, sandy, fog swept Sta. Rita Hills site the wine world knows for Pinot and Chardonnay, not Riesling. He ferments and ages it in neutral barrels to keep the aromatics pure, and bottled this one in collaboration with