REGION: California

The goal at Talley Vineyards is to produce estate-grown Chardonnay and Pinot Noir that best reflect the unique characteristics of each of the Talley family’s five San Luis Obispo County vineyards.

A Santa Barbara-native, Graham Tatomer got his first taste of winemaking as a teenager, helping out at a local winery. It was a taste of Austrian Riesling poured for him at a Santa Barbara restaurant and bottle shop that got him hooked. After working several vintages at Weingut Knoll in Austria’s Wachau region, he returned home to found Tatomer in 2008. Since then, he has garnered a reputation for making some of the best Riesling and Gru?ner Veltliner outside of Germany and Austria. The sites that excite Graham the most have been the coldest ones, lending to his signature style of bone-dry wine with lighter weight, nuanced flavors, and bracing acidity. He also produces fantastic appellation and single vineyard Pinot Noirs from Santa Barbara County.