Three coasts, one anniversary

What do three coastal vineyards become in one glass? The 2025 is a one-time commemorative Pinot Noir. The band on the bottle names Telephone, Pinot Noir, and Dairyman, and the winery shop calls the place Tri-County. Wine-Searcher places the bottle in California. The crest on the label marks 25 years.

Joe Wagner started Belle Glos in 2001 and named it for his grandmother, Lorna Belle Glos Wagner. The name is pronounced bell gloss. Lorna co-founded Caymus in 1972 with Charlie Sr. and with Chuck, Joe's grandfather and father. This anniversary bottle is that Pinot idea, drawn from the coastal vineyards rather than from a single row.

The winery shop lists this 2025 at $55. That figure is the winery price here. The bottle is $40. Six bottles are $240 and twelve are $480, and twelve ship free outside Hawaii and Alaska.

Telephone, Dairyman, and the heights

Telephone on the band is Clark and Telephone. That vineyard stands near the corner of Clark Avenue and Telephone Road in the Santa Maria Valley. It was planted own-root to the Martini clone in 1972, and those original vines are still the oldest producing vineyard in the valley. Fog and wind come in from the Pacific along the Santa Maria River.

Dairyman is the old dairy on the southern plains of the Russian River Valley. The pasture was planted to Dijon clones in 2000. Cool morning fog and an afternoon breeze stretch the season, and the house describes bright cherry, brown spice, minerality, and a velvety middle.

Las Alturas means the heights. The vineyard sits on one of the highest plantable benches in the Santa Lucia Highlands of Monterey County, on Gloria sandy loam. Clones were matched to each slope, and the yields stay low so the fruit keeps its intensity.

Copper canes, then a long cold stay

The cellar waits until the canes turn copper. That shift is the house signal that the green edge has left the vine. Dry ice goes on the fruit as it is picked. The berries are destemmed so stem tannin never sits in the must.

The cold stay runs three to four weeks. Joe Wagner's cellar holds the fruit colder, and longer, than a one-week ferment. New barrels are steamed first, so the coarse tannin leaves the wood. The house adds no water, no sugar, and no acid.

One bottle, three coasts

Pour it and the glass is a conversation among the three sites. Santa Maria Valley fog and the old Martini vines, Russian River cherry and brown spice, and the intensity of the high Santa Lucia bench. The house wants every Belle Glos Pinot to be layered, fruit-forward, and rich, and still to taste like where it grew.

Wine-Searcher, checked on 2026-10-29, put the U.S. market low at $50.56 and the average at $50.56. This bottle is $40. Members type FEATURED20 at checkout for an extra 20 percent off. The corner above carries those figures and the link to the public find page.

Named for Lorna

The film is the winery's own brand overview. Joe Wagner is a fifth-generation winemaker, and Belle Glos is the Pinot house he started in 2001. Pronounced bell gloss, it honors Lorna Belle Glos Wagner. The wax and the script are how the house introduces itself.

Add the 2025 Belle Glos 25th Anniversary Pinot Noir at $40. The winery price is $55. Six bottles are $240 and twelve are $480. Type FEATURED20 at checkout for an extra 20 percent off, then play the film.

Belle Glos, Brand Overview. The winery's own film.

At the table

Roast duck is the straight plate for a Pinot built this rich. Crisp skin and a dark leg meet fruit from three cool coasts. Salt the duck ahead and let the bottle stand open while it roasts.

Mushroom risotto is the quieter plate. Brown mushrooms and a creamy grain give the brown spice from Dairyman a place to land. Either dish leaves the anniversary bottle tasting like the coast.