Alice Feiring on Vallana

June 2013 — “Now, thanks to Michael Skurnik Wines and the Rare Wine Company, the Cantina is back in the USA and still respectfully, unapologetically traditional: long bottle age, no perceptible wood, high on the acid, medium on the sulfur ... Marina (Vallana) ... says in their family ‘tradition is a religion,’ and so this youngest generation still believes in the old-fashioned way of long bottle aging, natural malos and no other adjustments. Frances (Vallana) himself says that because they are small, they can take their time and give the bottles the aging they need. All oak used is ancient and if he had his way, if it wasn't required by the DOC laws, he wouldn't use it at all.”

- Alice Feiring, The Feiring Line