Rock Wall Wine Company
August 15, 2019 | By Glenda Cunningham
Passport to Zinfandel participant The Rock Wall Wine Company represents a new chapter in the East Bay, urban winemaking scene, offering wine lovers one of the most unique experiences in the wine world. Established in 2008 by a small group of wine industry veterans, including consulting winemaker Kent Rosenblum, daughter and winemaker Shauna Rosenblum, at […]
Three Wine Company
July 9, 2019 | By freshmint
Premier Winery Experience participant and Passport to Zinfandel participant Three Wine Company was established in 2007 by Matt & Erin Cline. Their philosophy for “three” is simple – dirt, microclimate and sustainable wine growing from the vine to the bottle. “Sustainable agriculture is what we’ve always practiced,” says Matt Cline. “Discing and dry farming have […]
Wilson Winery
July 9, 2019 | By freshmint
Premier Winery Experience participant and Passport to Zinfandel participant Wilson Winery is distinguished not only by its outstanding wines, but by the twin pillars of family and tradition on which its reputation rests. The tradition pre-dates the winery’s founding in 1993 and is evident in the century-old tin barn that houses the Wilson’s facility. One […]
Seghesio Family Vineyards
July 9, 2019 | By freshmint
Premier Winery Experience participant and Passport to Zinfandel participant Seghesio Family Vineyards is woven into the history and fabric of the Sonoma County wine industry. From the turn of the last century, through Prohibition and the Great Depression, throughout the challenges of survival in the 20th and 21st centuries, it is the story of one […]
Ridge Lytton Springs
July 9, 2019 | By freshmint
Premier Winery Experience participant and Passport to Zinfandel participant Dry Creek Valley Surrounded by beautiful 115-year-old vines, our eco-sustainable Lytton Springs Winery stands as one of the most unique sites in all of Sonoma County’s wine country. A natural extension of Ridge’s commitment to sustainable vineyard and winery practices, this remarkable facility (built of straw […]
Ridge Vineyards
July 9, 2019 | By freshmint
Premier Winery Experience participant and Passport to Zinfandel participant Ridge’s history begins in 1885, when Osea Perrone, a doctor and prominent member of San Francisco’s Italian community, bought 180 acres near the top of Monte Bello Ridge in the Santa Cruz Mountains. He planted vineyards and constructed a winery of redwood and native limestone in […]
McNab Ridge Winery
July 9, 2019 | By freshmint
Passport to Zinfandel participant As one of the pioneers of California’s Wine Industry, the Parducci family has been devoted to handcrafting premium Mendocino County wines for over 70 years. They source only the finest grapes from dedicated growers and strive to enhance what nature has provided and produce wines of distinction. Winemaker Rich Parducci leads […]
McCay Cellars
July 9, 2019 | By freshmint
Premier Winery Experience participant and Passport to Zinfandel participant McCay Cellars has a simple goal: to make wine with a sense of presence and character that expresses the trueness of the vineyard. Michael McCay and his family have farmed in the Lodi AVA for 25 years. Michael McCay’s journey of making/producing wine began in 1994 […]
Chronic Cellars
June 14, 2019 | By freshmint
Passport to Zinfandel participant “The concept of Chronic Cellars came about in the midst of harvest in 2004. We had used the term “The Chronic” to describe likable objects before, but we had never considered it a suitable descriptor for wine. We sat alongside the crush pad one evening in our wine stained clothes and […]
BACA Zinfandel
June 3, 2019 | By freshmint
Passport to Zinfandel participant Gutsy, Intense, Inspired. (Not unlike our wines.)When we set out to create BACA, we had one mission in mind: to make luxury, craft Zinfandels that are nuanced, honest, and current. Wine for people like us: the curious, the adventuresome, the lovers of life, with a gleam in their eye and a […]
