SingleThread Farms
This is a Grand Award list of nearly 3,000 bottles built squarely around Burgundy, with deep verticals from growers like Pousse d'Or, Robert Chevillon, and Antoine Jobard, and the Côte d'Or villages of Meursault, Volnay, and Nuits Saint Georges run very deep. Champagne is the second pillar at 230 selections, and there is a real California through line via local talent like Arnot Roberts, Peay, and Reeve. Prices run from about $21 to $21,000 with a median near $360, so the floor is genuinely approachable even as the top end climbs to DRC and Comte du Liger Belair. The 39 glass pours give the floor enough range to work a table without opening a trophy bottle. This list rewards the Burgundy lover and the guest who wants to drink Côte d'Or by the village, but you can also steer a curious table toward serious California for less money.