Despite being nestled into the picturesque hills of the remote Chiles Valley AVA in Napa, Green & Red remains firmly rooted in the culinary and vinous history of Berkeley. Ask Pam (wife of G&R founder Jay Heminway, who passed in 2019) about the parties hosted on the property in the late '60s and early '70s, and she'll confirm that the guest lists read as a veritable who's who of the Berkeley food and wine scene (think Alice Waters & Kermit Lynch). Their Chiles Canyon Zinfandel, a long-standing staple at the shop, is a blend of fruit from each of the three unique sites on the property, and because of the different elevations and sun exposure between those sites, captures the dusty dark fruit and spice-box aromatics you would expect from a California Zin, but with lifted acidity, fresh red berry, and gently chewy tannins that refresh the palate.
