This Luxurious Resort Model Simply Unveiled Its New Wine—and It is All You will Need to Drink on Your Subsequent Trip

After I opened the door to my room at Montage Healdsburg in Sonoma County, the fireplace pit on my balcony was already roaring, pre-set for my arrival. I took the bait and walked straight out to the dream wine nation view: rows of leafy vines so far as the attention might see.

Little did I do know, a couple of hours later I might be sipping a glass of cabernet sauvignon harvested from these very vines by Jesse Katz, the award-winning winemaker behind Healdsburg’s Aperture Cellars and the designer of Montage Healdsburg’s vineyards. As early as 2019, two years earlier than the resort opened its doorways, Katz was already attending to know the land and creating what would change into the property’s point of interest.

Katz’s challenge has formally come full circle. Montage Worldwide launched its personal assortment of Montage Property wine in December, that includes three varietals harvested at Montage Healdsburg in partnership with Aperture Cellars.

The debut bottle is the 2023 cabernet sauvignon, obtainable now by the glass or bottle completely within the foyer bars and signature eating places of Montage and Pendry Accommodations and Resorts. Company may also discover mini-bottles of their rooms’ honor bars. A rosé and sauvignon blanc will observe this spring, excellent for sipping by a Montage or Pendry pool.

“From the very starting, our shared imaginative and prescient was to create wines that embody the spirit of Sonoma; expressive, elegant, and deeply rooted within the land,” Katz mentioned in an announcement. “The Montage Property Winery is among the most placing websites I’ve ever labored with, and the ensuing wines replicate that sense of place with power, depth, and stability.”

Spending time with Katz at each Aperture and Montage Healdsburg made it clear to me that he’s, in truth, the right match for this collaboration—not simply due to his wine trade accolades, and even his deep understanding of what it truly means to “embody the spirit of Sonoma.”

Over time, I’ve visited all seven presently open Montage properties, from Montana to Los Cabos, Hawaii to South Carolina, and past, together with a number of Pendry accommodations. Montage, run by Alan Fuerstman, and Pendry, run by his son, Michael Fuerstman, are household companies, and friends can really feel that no matter vacation spot. The result’s a novel model of luxurious that’s heat, welcoming, and intentional—not pretentious. The identical might be mentioned for Katz’s Aperture Cellars, impressed by his famend photographer father, Andy Katz.

Jesse credit his curiosity in wine to his time spent touring the world along with his dad, and his ardour for creating wine that folks come collectively to get pleasure from—along with his father’s art work proudly displayed on its labels and all through his tasting room—is palpable. Montage Property wine is a mix not simply of grapes, however of two hard-working households. We’ll drink to that.