The Ben Ryé name might mean “son of the wind” in Arabic, but given the difficulty of farming the grapes, Donnafugata might have been forgiven for naming it “son of a bitch!”
This region crafts modern, authentic wines from a landscape that looks like it’s straight out of the 1950s and is now becoming a tourist destination on its own.
While rarely mentioned in the same breath as Napa, Sonoma, or Paso Robles, it could easily be argued that no other area has been more important in the development of California wine as Livermore.
