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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: www.deerfieldranch.com/ Even though Paso Robles has garnered a lot of well-deserved attention these past few years for its Zinfandel, the Sonoma region has long been held as the benchmark for quality zins. This 2007 Zin from Deerfield Ranch brings out all the classic things I love about Zinfandel – fruit, [...]

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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: www.napacellars.com/ Regardless of what time of the year it is, I still love a good steak that’s been grilled outdoors. While it’s so easy to reach for the classic “cab and steak” combination, there are many times – depending on the way I season it – that I’ll pick a [...]

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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: http://www.pedroncelli.com It’s difficult for some folks to get around the fact that California has been producing quality Cabs for longer than any other state in the U.S.A. Its reputation of cabs is upheld around the world. One of the bigger challenges, however, for many California wineries is finding a way [...]

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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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