The husband and wife team that is Ryme Cellars, Ryan and Megan Glaab, make some of the freshest, most delicious and fascinating off-the-beaten path wines in California!

It all started in 2007 with a... Read More

The husband and wife team that is Ryme Cellars, Ryan and Megan Glaab, make some of the freshest, most delicious and fascinating off-the-beaten path wines in California!

It all started in 2007 with a ton of Aglianico. Megan and Ryan met while working in the cellars at Torbreck in Australia. The love birds moved back to the state and in combination proceeded to work for some of California's most respected estates. With years of experience at Pax Wine Cellars, Peay Vineyards, Sine Qua Non, and Marcassin, they took that ton of Aglianico and ran. When they tasted their first wine they were blown away by its intensity and complexity.

The Glaab’s source their grapes from all over California. All come from meticulously farmed, sustainable vineyards, many old vine and dry farmed. All are owned and tended to by folks that Megan and Ryan have strong personal connections with. Exemplary of this is the Fox Hill Vineyard of Mendocino. Owned and operated by Sam Bilbro, proprietor of Idlewild (another favorite around here) this beautiful fog-shrouded vineyard is responsible for some of the best wines made from Italian varieties this side of the Prime Meridian.

In the cellar Megan and Ryan keep everything simple and decidedly old school. Gently fermented with wild yeast the Glaab’s are looking for the most nuanced expression possible form of the grapes they work with. In service to that, the wines are aged in neutral oak, stainless or concrete. The resulting bottles are imbued with fresh fruit flavors, intense and complex aromatics and somehow maintain their vibrancy while managing to be extremely poised and even elegant.

Ryme Cellars is a perfect encapsulation of what truly creative and talented winemakers can do in California. This state is strewn with lesser known varieties, planted in some of the most ideal spots anywhere in the world. With so much to work with, Cali winemakers tend to try and pack it all on. With their talent, experience and clear-eyed focus, the Glaab’s are quietly producing stunning wines that truly represent the complexity, elegance and sunny disposition of this Golden State.