The 2011 Pennywise Petite Sirah is 86% Petite Sirah, 8% Merlot and 6% Tannat (a blending grape originally from the Northern Rhone in France, it gives the wine a red berry flavor, dark purple color and adds structure) sourced from vineyards in 58% Lodi, 20% Mendocino, 12% Clarksburg and 10% Paso Robles. Pennywise is a…
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The 2011 Bogle Vineyards California Pinot Noir is sourced from contracted vineyards in the Russian River Valley AVA (inside Sonoma County) and the Monterey AVA along with Bogle Estate grown grapes from the Clarksburg AVA (southwest of Sacramento and west of Lodi). Bogle is a 6th generation family owned winery with extensive vineyard holdings in…
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The 2010 BV Coastal Estates Red Blend is produced from Zinfandel grown in the Lodi AVA, Barbera and Merlot from adjacent vineyards in the Paso Robles AVA and the Petite Sirah from the Lake County AVA. BV stands for Beaulieu Vineyards which was founded in the Rutherford AVA of Napa Valley in 1900, though BV…
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The 2010 Gnarly Head Authentic Red is a blend of Zinfandel, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Petite Sirah and Syrah sourced from the vineyards of long term contract growers in Lodi, California. The 2010 vintage provided a long, cool growing season, which is ideal for developing complex. fully ripe grapes. The Zinfandel portion of the blend was…
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The 2011 Gnarly Head Authentic White is a blend of Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, Colombard, Muscat and Viognier sourced from more than one California grape growing AVA. Whenever you see the word, California, on the front label of a wine bottle, that means the grapes were grown in more than one AVA, such as Napa or…
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The 2011 Creme de Lys Chardonnay is 95% Chardonnay and 5% Viognier (Viognier gives the wine a rich floral nose) sourced in vineyards from 50% Lodi, 45% Central Coast and 5% North Coast AVA’s in California. Creme de Lys is one of Diageo Wines many brands, others include Rosenblum, Snap Dragon, Chalone and Sterling Vineyards….
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The 2010 Zinsane Zinfandel is sourced from vineyards located in the Paso Robles AVA inside California’s Central Coast AVA. There is also a Lodi Zinfandel available for the 2010 vintage. This Zinfandel was rounded out with small amounts of Petite Sirah and Tannat, both add dark fruit flavors and tannic structure. The wine was aged in 2nd…
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The 2009 Peirano Vineyards The Unknown is a blend of 70% Syrah, 20% Petite Sirah, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon, along with 5% Viognier sourced from their Estate vineyard in the Lodi AVA of California. Viognier is a white wine grape, it is used to put a “shine” on the fruit flavors and add some structure, though they…
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The 2010 Leese-Fitch Cabernet Sauvignon is 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Alicante Bouschet, 5% Cabernet Franc, 4% Merlot, 4% Syrah, 1% Carignane and 1% Petite Sirah. If you are asking yourself, why with all the different grapes used, is this wine called a Cabernet Sauvignon? In California, as long as 75% of the grapes are of…
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The 2010 HandCraft Petite Sirah is 82% Petite Sirah, 7% Petit Verdot, 5% Sangiovese, 3% Syrah and 3% Zinfandel sourced from vineyards in more than one California grape growing AVA. HandCraft is one of DFV Wines (makers of Gnarly Head, Brazin, {noble vines} and several others), owned by the Indelicato Family (in business since 1924). The…
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The 2010 Lucky Star Chardonnay is 95% Chardonnay and 5% Muscat (one of the oldest known grape varietals) sourced from multiple vineyards in the Lodi AVA, Sonoma, Lake County AVA and the Central Coast AVA. Lucky Star is a virtual winery (this is very common in California), they do not own their own vineyards or their…
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The 2010 REDS “a wine for the people” Lodi Red is a blend of 60% Zinfandel, 30% Carignan (one of the main Red grapes of the Languedoc) and 10% Petite Sirah sourced from old, family owned, Heritage vineyards in the Lodi AVA, east of San Francisco Bay in California’s Central Valley. The REDS project is put…
Read MoreThe WoodBridge by Mondavi Brut Sparkling Wine is a non vintage Bubbly produced from Chardonnay grapes grown mainly in the Lodi AVA, but includes grapes grown in other AVA’s in California’s Central Valley. This is something of a hybrid Bubbly, Chardonnay is the main grape used in Champagne and the yeast Mondavi uses to start fermentation…
Read MoreThe Flame Lily California Red 2010 is a blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon and 50% Syrah sourced from vineyards in 40% Monterey (in the Central Coast AVA) and 60% Lodi Delta (at the North end of the Central Valley, east of San Francisco). Flame Lily is a label owned by Sutter Home Wines who are…
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The Heavyweight Old Vine California Zinfandel 2009 is one of the many labels produced by ADS Wines, which is owned by Scotto Family Vineyards. This wine is 82% Zinfandel, 14% Syrah and 4% Mourvedre sourced from vineyards in more than one California grape growing AVA, this Zin was bottled in Lodi, California and it is…
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The Heavyweight Chardonnay 2009 is 85% Chardonnay, 10% Chenin Blanc and 5% Marsanne sourced from vineyards in more than one California grape growing AVA. The Heavyweight is produced by ADS Wines which is owned by Scotto Family Wines a 5th generation winemaker located in the Lodi AVA. They do not provide a wealth of technical…
Read MoreThe 2010 Mark West California Pinot Noir was sourced mainly from vineyards in Central Coast AVA (primarily Monterey and Santa Barbara) along with grapes from Mendocino, Sonoma County and Lodi grape growing AVA’s. Then to give the wine a little extra shine, they blend in Pinot Noir from their more expensive bottlings, 5% from Santa…
Read MoreThe 337 Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 is a single clone (#337 also known as FPS 47), single Estate vineyard (Clay Station Vineyard) wine grown in the Lodi AVA of California’s Central Valley (east of San Francisco Bay). The producer, Noble Vines is one of Delicato Family Vineyards many labels and Clay Station Vineyards is one of Delicato’s…
Read MoreThe 2010 Gnarly Head Old Vine Zin is sourced from 35 to 80 year old vines in several vineyards located in the Lodi AVA of Northern California (Lodi is east of San Francisco). Why is “Old Vines” important? As the grapevines get old they struggle, like everyone else, to get by, they don’t create as…
Read MoreThe 2011 Gnarly Head Pinot Grigio was mainly sourced from vineyards in the Lodi AVA of California, and a small proportion of the grapes came from Delicato Family Vineyards (Gnarly Head is their label) premium San Bernabe Vineyard (to give the wine a little extra shine) in Monterey. The front label lists California as the…
Read MoreThe Cameron Hughes Lot 313 California Field Blend is composed of 71% Zinfandel, 10% Petite Sirah, 10% Syrah and 9% Carignane, along with very small amounts of indigenous Italian grape varietals grown the Lodi AVA inside the Central Coast AVA in California. The label shows California as the origin of the grapes, which means the grapes…
Read MoreThe Stark Raving Red is a non vintage blend of 34% Tannat, 28% Zinfandel, 18% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Petite Sirah and 6% Other (why do they just say “other,” it’s not a field blend, they know what grapes they purchased) sourced from 80% Central Coast AVA and 20% Lodi AVA (which is inside…
Read MoreThe 2010 The Original Darkhorse Chardonnay is $7.99 Trader Joe’s wine, but it does not seem to be a TJ’s exclusive and is available on the web for the same price. The Original Darkhorse is one of E & J Gallo’s 58 brands. I have high hopes for this Chardonnay, we posted the Darkhorse Cabernet…
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