Scott and Jenny Schultz's Glou d'Etat is exactly what the name promises: a glug-glug red built for joy, not gravity. The Schultzes are Sebastopol-based micro-producers (just 3,000 cases total across the whole lineup) who focus on rare and overlooked grapes farmed organically across Northern California. The blend shifts each vintage but typically leans on Valdiguie, Mourvedre, Grenache, and a stable of oddballs like Cinsault and Cabernet Pfeffer. Whole-cluster carbonic fermentation in neutral oak gives it that bright, popping aromatic lift. Pour it cool, drink it fast.