Readers looking for a blockbuster Chardonnay with plenty of buttery popcorn notions mixed with minerals, orange marmalade, and honeysuckle should check out the 2000 Chardonnay Sweeney Canyon. It's no shy wine at 15% alcohol, but that is incredibly concealed beneath the wealth of fruit and extract. This Batard-Montrachet-like offering is flamboyant, rich, and sumptuous. This is a wine of two up and coming California superstars. Don't miss it. The talented Greg Brewer and Steve Clifton have admirably exploited the extraordinary potential that exists in selected micro-climates in Santa Barbara county. In a few short years, this young, energetic twosome have astonished this critic with the breadth and complexity of their wines. Tel. (805) 452-5609