The 2004 Williams Selyem Allen Vineyard Chardonnay was the winning bottle in the May installment of Pick My Next Bottle. The wine was opened and poured immediately. We paired it with a pasta dish featuring chicken, Kalamata olives and feta cheese. Williams Selyem Winery began when Ed Selyem and Burt Williams started making wine as a hobby in 1979 in…
Pahlmeyer was founded in the mid-1980s when Jayson Pahlmeyer, a Bay Area lawyer, decided he preferred thinking about wine over reading legal briefs. Pahlmeyer produced its debut vintage in 1986. The wines are crafted from fruit grown on the family’s Waters Ranch Vineyard high above Napa Valley, Wayfarer Vineyard on the Sonoma Coast as well as purchased fruit from well…