SPRING is Springing!
With Spring comes Easter, Bud break, blossoms and wines that are perfect for warm weather. Generally these wines are made the harvest before and bottled at the beginning of the new year. It's wonderful to have newly bottled wines to share, 2025 sauvignon Blanc and Muscat Blanc, and enjoy. Always exploring new recipes and taste testing the perfect pairing!
Spring Wine Club wines have shipped. We barely beat the heat and had to maneuver dates to accommodate a record heat wave here. Temps in the 90's.
The new 2025 Muscat Blanc verses the 1st vintage from 2023....
2025 Muscat Blanc is now available in the Tasting Room.
For all the lovers of our 1st Muscat Blanc, bottling from 2023 vintage, verses the new 2025 version.
Different vintage, different vineyard, slightly different flavors for the discerning palate. Both pair great with spicy foods, fish, salads, cheeses, cured meats....the list goes on and on!
2023 Vintage
The vineyard is owned by Gil Tournour is located in the heart of Capella in Mendocino county. The Muscat Blanc was planted 65 to 70 years ago in white Pinole clay loam soils, head pruned with 8x8 spacing. The vineyard is farmed organically and is part of the original Vincenzo Graziano Vineyard established in 1918.
Tasting notes - Floral notes, orange blossom and jasmine with a delicate viscosity
2025 Vintage
The Dennison Ranch vineyard located in Anderson valley is owned by Castello di Amorosa, the Muscat was planted in 2020. The vineyard is characterized by well-drained, rocky, and alluvial soils, typical of the region's hillside and terrace locations. These soils often feature a mixture of loam, gravel, and clay, which supports high-quality wine production by limiting vine vigor and concentrating flavors
Tasting notes - Pear, unripe pineapple, lychee nut with gentle viscosity.
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Our 2nd Sauvignon Blanc from the same location with a different name. History of Floodgate Vineyard goes back to the 1970's, although we have only purchased this fruit twice. It was called Floodgate Vineyard when it sold multiple times over the years, the name changed to Starscape. The name Floodgate has cache and when the name became available once again, Starscape returned to it's original name - Floodgate.
Very similar to the 2023 version, 2025 was a cool
New Pinot's as well which won't release in the Tasting Room for awhile.
2024 Russian River Valley Pinot and our only 2023 Wild Hog Vineyard. The WH Vineyard was formerly called Sonoma Coast although it was not 100%. Light Pinot with beautiful coastal characters, pomegranate, strawberry and rhubarb. This is a perfect Spring and Summer Pinot!
2023 vintage was a cool growing season. We started with some warm days in May / June and then cooled off for a cool summer and later harvest
2024 vintage classic Russian River vintage, warmer than previous few
years leading to an earlier harvest. Not flashy but showing great balance, very
terroir driven and consistent quality across the board. Lots of rain in the
winter and no sustained heat spikes made for a low stress growing season with
wines showing balance over power.
Also this Spring - we have our 1st cooking demo by Mat April 11th. This took place in our dining room with limited seating.
Three course demonstration from Charles Phan street food cook book, all of which we serve at wine club events often.
shrimp and pork spring rolls, Beef Jerky and mama's meatballs.
The guests had the opportunity to get involved and have a try at rolling the spring roll.
Cooking demo was enjoyed by all! Happy to have a great group of members that engaged the chef, enjoyed the food and assisted with making this another great event!
Next up our Spring Wine Club party May 2nd and
our 2nd offering to join us in a vineyard for a discussion of all things viticulture + food bites an wine pairings.
A little Karaoke FUN happens once a quarter in the Tasting Room. Look for the notice via email.
Cheers to Spring !
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