When asked about his favorite City Winery wine, Lecomte couldn't choose just one. "One is not enough," he said. However he listed the 2012 Syrah, from the Alder Spring vineyard in Mendocino ...

In 2008 he followed that up with the first City Winery in Manhattan, explaining that he picked a generic-sounding name with the idea of creating something that could also work in other markets.