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Mutiny wine room6/17/2023 ![]() ![]() If Maloney is still finding his way around his new hometown, Michael Stewart and Dr. He also makes a higher-end, smaller-production wine in Burgundy, under the Père Jean label. When Cupid intervened, the 31-year-old Californian was in route to Argentina, one of 20 countries where his elegant, French-accented Mendocino County pinot noirs can be found. They met serendipitously one evening when he stopped in Houston to meet with Douglass Skopp, whose Dionysus Imports would become Father John’s Texas distributor. We have his bride, Ana Riz, a Texas Children’s Hospital psychologist, to thank for his settling in. The newest member of H-town’s vintner fraternity is Father John Wines owner Nick Maloney, who has lived here for less than a year and is newly married. In other words, “drinking local” doesn’t just mean supporting Texas wineries, although I’m all for that, too. Therefore, it’s past time to give a loud shout-out to nine Houston families who are bringing wines to market from California and Oregon and as far away as the Andean foothills, in Argentina’s Mendoza province. The novel coronavirus continues to wreak havoc in the wine world, from supply-chain disruptions to empty restaurants to shuttered tasting rooms. Swist Show More Show Less 15 of15Ģ018 Stout Family Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc, left, and 2014 Stout Family Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Gary Fountain, Houston Chronicle / Contributor Show More Show Less Dale Robertson / Contributor Show More Show Less 13 of15Ģ013 Saffron Fields Vineyard Yamhill Carlton Pinot Noir Dale Robertson / Contributor Show More Show Less 14 of15 Sergio and Carolina Weitzman own Serca Wines. Slingshot Cabernet Sauvignon Dale Robertson / Contributor Show More Show Less 12 of15 Stewart NOMAD Beckstoffer Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Dale Robertson / Contributor Show More Show Less 11 of15 Mutiny Wine Room owners Mark Ellenberger and Emily Trout Steve Gonzales, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 9 of15Ģ016 Kagan Cellars White Hawk Vineyard Syrah Dale Robertson / Contributor Show More Show Less 10 of15 Dale Robertson / Contributor Show More Show Less 8 of15 Dale Robertson / Contributor Show More Show Less 7 of15Īlexana is a winery owned by Houstonian Madaiah Revana. Medaiah Revana Courtesy / Courtesy Show More Show Less 6 of15 Wines by Theorem Vineyards Karen Warren, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 5 of15ĭr. Kisha Itkin, president of Theorem Vineyards, and her husband, Jason, with their kids Alia and Aric Karen Warren, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 4 of15 ![]() Nick Maloney, owner of Father John Wines, and Ana Briz Gary Fountain, Houston Chronicle / Contributor Show More Show Less 2 of15Ģ017 Pére Jean Montmains Premier Cru Chablis, left, and 2017 Father John Russian River Valley Pinot Noir, Vine Hill Road Gary Fountain, Houston Chronicle / Contributor Show More Show Less 3 of15 ![]()
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