“Jazz is like wine. When it is new, it is only for the experts, but when it gets older, everybody wants it.” -Steve Lacy, Saxophonist It has been an incredible year since our first release of La Voix! This fall we are releasing an entirely different selection of wines and I would love to take …
Our Rebel Rebel (Quinta del Mar vineyard – Central Coast) is featured in this month’s ROBB REPORT. The article highlights Steve’s ability “to produce harmonies and tensions on the palate” by using the soil and vines as his instruments in vineyard and cellar. Enjoy!
With La Voix, California winemaker gets to play a new tune By Esther Mobley | October 1, 201 This year’s minuscule grape harvest has most California winemakers bummed out. Not Steve Clifton. “To be honest, it’s a perfect year to reorganize,” Clifton says. Last February, Clifton and his business partner Greg Brewer sold a majority …
“The 2012 Pinot Noir Reflektor Machado might be the single finest wine I have ever tasted from Steve Clifton.” —Antonio Galloni From Santa Barbara: On the Road (Aug 2015) by Antonio Galloni, of vinous.com: “I was quite taken with the new Pinot Noirs I tasted from La Voix (the voice), Steve Clifton’s new Pinot label. …
“Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence” —Robert Fripp This project is incredibly exciting for me. Earlier in my life, music was my main motivator and the way that I was able to sustain myself. I feel equally blessed that since then, I have had a wonderful life surrounded not only by …
Continuing our wine & music collaboration, this broody and contemplative wine matches with Arcade Fire’s Reflektor, asking what is our purpose, and is there anything after life here. This wine a darker, and deeper and is made from the new-world Merry Edwards clone. It’s brooding and pensive with a heavier structure. It engages you on …
We know that the wines impart a sensation or feeling to the taster, and we wanted the wines and labels to help describe this feeling to people. We know that music also imparts a sensation and feeling to the listener, so we decided to collaborate across the vineyard, the winemaker and song. Each wine is …
Our wines evoke a sensation and create an experience. Music also imparts a sensation and feeling to the listener, so we’ve collaborated across the vineyard, the winemaker and song. Each wine is unique and the label and song help you easily understand the experience it will give you. When you taste this wine, it’s a …
A Canada native/California transplant with a degree in fine art, Sarah Berger always envisioned a future in which she could make art for people without becoming a “starving artist”. As co-founder and creative director for Makers & Allies, a design studio specializing in packaging for wine, craft, and spirits, she pursues her passion as she …