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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: http://www.donandsons.com Don Sebastini and Sons is a huge wine producer in California that owns a lot of “grocery store” wines that most folks would recognize the brand of – one of those labels is Smooking Loon. This Old Vine Zinfandel comes from a variety of appellations withing California from a [...]

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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: http://www.foleywines.com Foley winery, located in Lampoo California (just north of Santa Barbara) uses local vineyards of the near-by Santa Rita Hills to produce Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. If you haven’t tried Chardonnay from this region, then this is one that’d make a good starting place for your palate. Technical Data:  [...]

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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: http://www.crystalbasin.com/ While many people may think of Paso Robles and Sonoma for great Zinfandel, there is a region out near the Sierra Foothills called El Dorado  - it’s elevation helps to create cooler nights than some of the hotter areas of California and that helps instill different flavors into the [...]

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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: http://www.ridgewine.com Ridge Vineyards is known the world-over for producing exceptional Zinfandel but they also make wines from other varietals such as this Chardonnay as well as some red blends. At a MSRP of $60, this is one of the more expensive, domestic Chardonnay’s I’ve tasted and while I know the [...]

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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: http://www.crystalbasin.com/ The folks of El Dorado County have been keeping a pretty closely guarded secret – they produce very food-friendly wine thanks in part to the higher elevation many of its vineyards are at. Crystal Basin Cellars is one of the producers in that region that do a good job [...]

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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: http://www.ridgewine.com There is perhaps no more of an iconic zinfandel producer in the world than Ridge Vineyards. Its pedigree of producing quality zins in the quantities it does is a bit mind-boggling – year after year, they’re consistently good. In this review, I take a look at three of their [...]

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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: http://deerfieldranch.com/ Deerfield Ranch winery, just north of Glen Ellen California, is in the heart of Sonoma County and is one that uses its self-built cave system to age the wine in. It has created a loyal following and good acclaim as well. They produce a variety of wines – white to [...]

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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: http://www.hartfordwines.com Hartford wines is a producer of premium wines in the Sonoma area of California. It’s committed to Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Zinfandel. This pinot is from its Seascape vineyard -west of the town of Occidental. Technical Data:  Oak: 100% French oak; 60% new Time in oak: 15 months Alcohol: [...]

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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: http://www.hartfordwines.com For Hartford winery, based in Forestville California, it’s all about pinot noir, chardonnay and zinfandel – three grapes that California does very well with. They focus on single vineyard sources and very limited bottling which in turn has panned out well for them as they typically have no issues [...]

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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: http://www.jacuzziwines.com Few family names have the instant recognizability and pedigree of invention like Jacuzzi. As early innovators in areas of aviation and farming, they have taken that “roll up your sleeves and get er’ done attitude” into winemaking. Located at the south-end of Sonoma, this is a winery that’s worth [...]

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