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If wine culture can be revamped, call on Kris Curran. When it comes to winemaking skills, her sensitivity goes beyond sniffi ng, swirling and blending. She possesses an uncanny knack for nuance that showed during her stint at Cambria Win- ery in Santa Maria and during her reign as the winemaker and General Manager for Koehler Winery in Los Olivos. In 2000, her talent was tapped again as head of winemaking at the Sta. Rita Hills cult Pinot Noir fave Sea Smoke. She hit that one out of the park. When Bill Foley approached Cur- ran with a special project to make small lots of Pinot Noir and Chardon- nay from his Rancho Las Hermanas property, in the western- most section of the Sta. Rita Hills, she was intrigued. Seizing the opportunity to use heritage clones and having the ability to hand- select the fruit aging for almost two years in 100% new French oak, Curran's innate talents went into overdrive; the Two Sisters project—named for Bill Foley's daughters Courtney and Lindsay, who also gave their names to the two vineyard sites—is headed for cult status. Blue Reviews Even Even Even Curran by Meridith May / photos by Rob Brown Foley and Lincourt are making headlines now that Kris Curran is leading the winemaking team