WHAT -- 2-bedroom house HOW MUCH -- $975,000 This house is situated on a 155-acre property, with 20 acres devoted to a vineyard whose varieties include pinot gris, pinot noir and chardonnay.
Among the only criteria for selection were that these wines had to have an honest expression of the Champagne terroir, and had to include an element of blending — whether of vineyards, grape varieties or vintages.
This will allow the drinker to examine the vineyard, grape variety, and vintage of the wine being served.
The vineyard's six varieties of organic grapes, overseen by the biodynamic winemaker Matthieu Cosse, are drawn through a computerized system of pipes by the pull of gravity rather than by mechanical pumps.
Every wine involves some degree of blending: whether it's a mix of grape varieties, vineyards, regions, vintages or tanks.
Fifty-seven acres of the 150-acre estate are devoted to vineyards, including vinifera varieties like riesling and French hybrids.
Martian Ranch and Vineyard uses a variety of Spanish and French grapes to produce wines that are otherworldly in their calibration and deliciousness — fresh, refreshing, complex and intriguing.
The Cabernet grape variety has thriven in a variety of vineyard soil types, making the consideration of soil less of concern particularly for New World winemakers.
The vineyard, which grows 20 varieties of grapes on 250 acres, produces about 50,000 cases of wine a year.
Regulations in France tightly restrict vineyard locations and grape varieties for the most renowned wines.
