The 2006 Viognier Kathy’s Cuvee reveals honeyed peach and nectarine-like notes offered in a medium-bodied, fruit-driven style with excellent purity as well as an up-front personality. It is meant to be consumed during its first several years of life. Tel. (510) 865-7007

Frankly sweet in white sugared-flavors of peaches, Meyer lemons, apricots and tangerines, this is more like a dessert wine than a dry table wine.——S.H.(11/1/2007)—— 82

One of the world’s great values in Viognier is the 2005 Viognier Kathy’s Cuvee. For $15, this is one heck of a wine, offering smoky, Condrieu-like, notes of litchi nuts, honeysuckle, bees wax, and plenty of apricot and peach fruit. Although it will only last another 12-14 months, it is a stunningly exotic, flamboyant, dry white. Tel. (510) 865-7007