Cima Collina

Cima Collina is a winery that combines art with wine. I'm sold if wineries apply art to their wine, it's art with art or square art. Howling is a great blend wine made mainly of merlot, very tasty ideal for a BBQ or for doing a project. Located in Monterey, they donate all the benefits of this wine to an association that protects and helps animals. Their store in Carmel is beautiful, small and with a nice crafted wood work in the bar. Friendly wine and friendly people. The label represents their dog, made by a local artist. Everything in this winery is so handcrafted, and girl power: the wine maker is Annette Hoff. Congratulations!

Visit their website:
http://www.cimacollina.com/index.html

Galante

I love the Galante wines, specially their cabernet and their sauvignon blanc. The white wine has such a great aroma and peach flavour, delicious. The carbenet has a great body. We had a great time in their store in Carmel. Their design is cowboy oriented, the store too: with chears that wear a cowboy boot. Also the label has a brownish earth feeling and a small cowboy atraping a cow (American style). Very constant throughout the company, the store and their bottles.