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The Week in Zinfandel (3/28/16)

Welcome to the latest installment of The Week in Zinfandel. If I missed your post or story please send me a link and I will be sure to include it next week. Cheers! Hogshead writes California Wines for Easter. Randy Caparoso writes about Lange Twin Family’s Kendra Altnow. Terroirist interviews Megan Bell, assistant winemaker at Beauregard Vineyards. Miquel Hudin writes…

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The Week in Zinfandel (3/21/16)

Welcome to the latest installment of The Week in Zinfandel. If I missed your post or story please send me a link and I will be sure to include it next week. Cheers! The Wines of Lodi, CA writes about Elyse Perry of Bokisch Vineyards. Reverse Wine Snob reviews the 2013 Cline Cellars Lodi Zinfandel. Ken’s Wine Guide reviews the…

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The Week in Zinfandel (3/14/16)

Welcome to the latest installment of The Week in Zinfandel. If I missed your post or story please send me a link and I will be sure to include it next week. Cheers! Mike Dunne writes Lodi Native Project Garners Attention for Zinfandel. Santa Rosa Press Democrat writes about Carlisle Winery’s Old Vine Vineyard. Peg Melnik writes Five Red Wines…

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Bottle Notes, Zinfandel

2009 Ridge Lytton Springs – Bottle Notes

Ridge Vineyards was founded in 1959 when three Stanford Research Institute engineers bought an abandoned winery in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The vineyards had been planted in the late 19th century by a San Francisco physician who produced his first vintage in the original winery, called Monte Bello, in 1892. The first Ridge vintage was in 1962. Since 1969 Ridge’s…

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The Week in Zinfandel (3/7/16)

Welcome to the latest installment of The Week in Zinfandel. If I missed your post or story please send me a link and I will be sure to include it next week. Cheers! The Nittany Epicurean reviews the 2012 Angel Vine Primitivo Columbia Valley. Wine Folly writes Cereal and Wine Pairing Throw Down. Ridge Wine Blog writes Our Transition to…

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The Week in Zinfandel (2/29/16)

Welcome to the latest installment of The Week in Zinfandel. If I missed your post or story please send me a link and I will be sure to include it next week. Cheers! Jon Bonne writes Joel Peterson Set the Course for California Zin. Now He Returns to his Roots. Wine n Friends writes Parducci Family Cellars True Grit. Gastronomique…

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Bottle Notes, Zinfandel

2007 Turley Zinfandel Mead Ranch – Bottle Notes

Turley Wine Cellars was founded in 1993 by Larry Turley and specializes in small lots of Zinfandel and Petite Sirah from some of California’s most historic and treasured vineyards. Turley now makes 28 separate wines from 35 different vineyards, some with vines that date back to the late 1800’s. Tegan Passalacqua is the Director of Winemaking at Turley and has been…

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The Week in Zinfandel (2/22/16)

Welcome to the latest installment of The Week in Zinfandel. If I missed your post or story please send me a link and I will be sure to include it next week. Cheers! Jay McInerney writes Meet Paul Draper, the Man Who Introduced California Wines to Europe. Wine Enthusiast writes The New & Improved Sierra Foothills. Peg Melnik writes Wine…

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The Week in Zinfandel (2/15/16)

Welcome to the latest installment of The Week in Zinfandel. If I missed your post or story please send me a link and I will be sure to include it next week. Cheers! San Francisco Chronicles writes Do Old Vines Really Produce Better Wine? Ridge Wine Blog writes 2016 Vintage Underway at Monte Bello. Robert Whitley writes New Kid on…

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