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. Matt Kettmann writes The Next Generation of Vintners Reviving Los Angeles’ Wine Heritage. Now and Zin Wine reviews the 2019 Cameron Hughes Zinfandel Lot 811 Lodi. Virginie Boone…
Jed Steele has been making wine in California for almost 50 years and 2017 is the 25th anniversary of Steele Wines in Lake County. Jed started in the cellar in 1968 at Stony Hill in the Napa Valley. After he earned his enology degree at UC Davis he ended up at Edmeades in the Anderson Valley, then started Kendall-Jackson in Lake…
Zinfandel of the Month is a regular feature on Zinfandel Chronicles. Keep in mind that although the Zinfandel of the Month might be an older bottle, the current vintage will be one you can find at retail or via the mailing list. The June Zinfandel of the Month is the Marietta Cellars Old Vine Red Lot #71. I chose this…
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. Joe Roberts reviews the 2018 Dutton-Goldfield Morelli Lane Vineyard Zinfandel. Ken’s Wine Guide reviews the 2018 V Sattui Zinfandel Ramazzotti Vineyard. Loren Sonkin reviews the 2019 Carlisle Zinfandel…
Carlisle Winery & Vineyards was founded in 1998 by Mike and Kendall Officer. Their passion is clear: Small lots of Zinfandel and Syrah from exceptional, historic vineyards. Many of these vineyards are heritage sites planted by Italian immigrants and date back to the late 1800s . Carlisle also recently released their first Cabernet Sauvignon from Montecillo Vinyard and a Russian River…
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 right around 50 separate wines from 47 different vineyards, some with vines that date back to the late 1800’s. Tegan Passalacqua is the Director of Winemaking at Turley and…
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. Dan Dawson writes The Perfect Wine for the Perfect Burger. Zinfandel Trail writes Paso Perfect. Wine Spectator writes Sonoma Winemaker Dies in Car Crash. Kaj Stromer writes Ridge…
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. Tim Fish writes On the Bright Side. Alder Yarrow reviews the 2018 Mettler Family Vineyards “Epicenter – Old Vine” Zinfandel. Now and Zin Wine writes Primitivo di Manduria…
AldenAlli is a collaboration between the families Dan Kosta and Emeril Lagasse. The winery is named after their wifes Alli Kosta and Alden Lagasse. The initial release was a 2013 Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir. In 2015 the lineup expanded to include a single vineyard Pinot Noir from Campbell Ranch and a Zinfandel from Limerick Lane Vineyard. Shane Finley is the…
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. Randy Caparoso writes Lodi Grapevines During the Merry, Merry Month of May. Biale Vineyards Blog writes Like Early Pioneers, Robert Biale Vineyards Continues to Preserve California’s Classic Varietal…