The Lieb Family Cellars was the winery that brought me out to this wine region last summer. Since then, I’ve been spotting Lieb’s winning Pinot Blanc on quite a number of highly-coveted wine lists and, most impressively, it often holds a proud place on the by-the-glass section. Recent spottings include Union Square Café, King Cole Bar in the St. Regis, The Modern, Ducasse and Le Bernardin. I love three of Lieb’s whites the best: the 2002 Blanc de Blancs sparkling wine (a wonderfully crisp purely Pinot Blanc bubbly) ($35), the 2004 Reserve Pinot Blanc (which I serve regularly at cyn-et-vin corporate tastings) ($18) and the 2003 Reserve Chardonnay (my favorite Chardonnay on this trip) ($18). To top things off, I always enjoy catching up with
