Domaine Artefact, Santa Ynez Valley (Santa Barbara County, California) Grenache Blanc 2019

 There is something about a freshly bottled white wine that makes me smile.  There’s a freshness, a pulsing liveliness that is so attractive in a well-made white that adds to the experience.  This Grenache Blanc shows both things in abundance, with fresh stone fruit and citrus, and that dash of bottling fizz that probably only has a few weeks left before it folds into the mix.  Proprietor/winemaker Mark Robinson grows this variety, so he must have really loved this fruit to bring it in to his lineup.  Bonus for the rest of us.