Newsletters

  • June 2025 Release Newsletter

    The Final Sonatera Release 5-Year Vertical of Sonatera MonoClone® Pinot Noir 2013 – 2014 – 2015 – 2016 – 2017 Where It All Began When we started Soliste in 2005, the stars aligned for us to work with the stunning vineyard owned by Beth’s sister, Debbie, and her husband, Marne. That fateful year, we made our first…

  • May 2025 Release Newsleter

    and so it continues…  SOLITAIRE ONE 600 LITER BARREL 2013 – 2014 – 2015 – 2016 – 2017 – 2018 The Ultimate Vertical Single Vineyard, Single Clone, Single Barrel – MonoClone® Learning from the best in Chambolle On our last visit to Burgundy, Don and I were privileged to spend time with Francois Bertheau, who has…

  • February 2025 Release Newsletter

    Introducing our new and only release Cru Des Bernardines 2019MonoClone Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast Plus 2019 Solitaire and 2019 Les Griottes 2019…the most extraordinary growing season in the history of Soliste, generously gave us all the ingredients to craft our very best wines in accordance with our love for Burgundies. In The World of Pinot…

  • December 2024 Release Newsletter

    Introducing the 2019 Vintage Release, The Apogee from Soliste Triptych of 2019 Single Barrel MonoClone® Pinot Noirs Single Vineyard, Single Clone, ONE Barrel…Soliste L’Ermite Rouge – Rarissime – Extravagant 2018 Was a Benchmark Growing Season. Until 2019. We characterized the 2018 growing season as “near-perfect.” It was a welcome break from drought, fire, and unpredictability….

  • November 2024 Newsletter

     From our Cellar to your Holiday Table Triptych of 2018 MonoClone® Pinot Noirs  L’Espérance – Renaissance – Forêt Plus Evil TwinsOnly Produced Once, Never Again We crafted our wines to be the connector of happy souls around the dinner table, and for you, your friends, and your family to have a moment of bliss and lasting…

  • May 2024 – Update

    It is with profoundly heavy hearts we announce that Beth Plumley recently passed. She died on April 5, 2024, unexpectedly and suddenly while under treatment for cardiac amyloidosis resulting from her quiet journey with multiple myeloma. The days before were picture-perfect, and her passing was peaceful, with her husband Don and two adult children surrounding…

  • February 2024 Release Newsletter

    Celebrating St Valentin with Love from Soliste A cellar vertical offering of our two most elegant, feminine, andrefined MonoClone® Pinot Noirs …and the sweetest gift from Soliste: Arpège For this release, we have matched your celebration of St Valentin with our most elegant and feminine Pinots to help create lasting memories. Plus, our late-harvest Semillon…

  • December 2023 Release Newsletter

    Soliste Holiday Vigneron Selection Celebrating the Holiday Season and the end of 2023 Wishing you and your family a Bonne Année 2024 We have assembled a six-bottle pack of Soliste Pinot Noir for you to experience our diverse cepages, vineyards, and vintages representing the full breadth and depth of our cellar. 2022 Soleil Rouge Rosé…

  • October 2023 Release Newsletter

    2023 Harvest Release A New Era at Soliste Begins Grenache This Year, a new Cepage will join the Soliste family, Grenache. From a stunning vineyard in Mendocino county, homesteaded in the 1880s, Certified Organic and dry farmed. We have long admired and enjoyed the wines of Chateau Rayas — coined the Grand Cru Burgundy of…

  • April 2023 Release Newsletter

    Triptych of 2018 Single Barrel MonoClone® Pinot Noirs Single Vineyard, Single Clone, ONE Barrel…Soliste  L’Eternel – Rarissime – Extravagant An Exclusive Release from the Phenomenal 2018 vintage The Phenomenal 2018 Vintage – The Reward from a Near-Perfect Growing Season – Long Awaited! It is amazing how a great vintage can temporarily erase from the mind…

  • February 2023 Release Newsletter

    Triptych of 2018 MonoClone® Pinot Noirs  L’Espérance – Renaissance – Forêt The Ultimate MonoClone Release of the Phenomenal 2018 vintage The Phenomenal 2018 Vintage – The Reward from a Near-Perfect Growing Season – Long Awaited! It is amazing how a great vintage can temporarily erase from the mind the havoc that climate change has thrown…

  • December 2022 Release Newsletter

    Holiday Library Release Celebrating the Holiday season and the end of 2022 Wishing you and your family a Bonne Année 2023 The ultimate ONE BARREL selection of the stand-alone 2014 vintage Last of the Cellar 2014 Ulysses MonoClone® Pinot Noir2014 L’Eternel MonoClone® Pinot Noir2014 Contrebande MonoClone® Pinot Noir Soliste Holiday Vigneron Selection Don and I have…