Judith Henderson’s Wine & Country Living

Driving out to Abeja winery is a pleasure, winemaker John Abbott is always a joy to visit and who wouldn't love to taste the Abeja 2011 wine releases with the winemaker?

Pronounced, "Ah-BAY-Ha," Spanish for "Bee," I carried the consistently delicious, Abeja Syrah wine on the list at Wildberries Café a Vin, for nine years.

However, today what has brought me to the source of concentrated flavanoids isn't a fine Merlot, but the 2010 Abeja 100 percent Chardonnay, a voluptuous white wine of valley superiority.

I knew John Abbott in Napa Valley while making a name for myself sourcing new growers of...