“It was the very first wine that my parents made, and it was also the style that they wanted to make, which had not yet been made in California. It was a new concept. It was 1965. You figure there were probably 200 acres of Chardonnay in the whole state of California. Today there’s 100,000.” — Schramsberg winemaker Hugh Davies regarding the winery’s classic, sparkling Blanc de Blancs, which once again landed on the Chron’s Top 100 Wines. [Chron]