Lo-Fi Wines 'Sparkling Honeybear Orchard' Chenin Blanc, Los Olivos District, Santa Barbara County, California 2021Lo Fi Wines was founded in 2014 by lifelong friends Mike Roth and Craig Winchester. Roth a New Jersey native who came up through Grgich Hills and Saddleback before finding his direction at biodynamic properties Demetria and Martian Ranch in Los Olivos launched the label on leftover fruit from a single Martian harvest. The name captures the winemaking ethos perfectly: indigenous yeast, neutral vessels, little to no sulfur, no additions or manipulation

now under the leadership of seventh-generation toji Takaki Matsumoto

but with one added step

Representation is central to his mission: as a winemaker of color in a historically exclusionary industry

or cellaring and enjoying in the future

Sparkling wines (Cava

and white flowers (hawthorn

There is a firm underpinning of minerality and fine-grained structure

it meets organic olive oil and yuzu-kosho

PREPARATION: Hand-cut tuna loins are gently simmered in olive oil with fresh onions and green peppers following a traditional coastal recipe

Add to salads with citrus vinaigrette and shaved radish

natural organic fertilizers used in lieu of synthetic pesticides

duck breast