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Posted by jeffpelline on September 24, 2013 · Leave a Comment
We’ve been in touch with the wine grape growers in the foothills throughout the harvest, including during the recent rains. The growers remain optimistic that we’re headed for one of the best harvests in years, particularly when it comes to the quality. We checked with Jackson Starr, assistant winemaker/vineyard manager of Sierra Starr Vineyard and […]
Posted by jeffpelline on January 25, 2013 · Leave a Comment
QUALITY WINE IS CREATED IN THE VINEYARD by a farmer, crafted by an artist, and chemistry brings it all together. Though foothills’ winemakers come from all walks of life, they share in this experience. Dozens of winemakers and winery owners are re-settling the foothills wine growing region, whose roots go back to the Gold Rush […]
Filed under Wine & Beer · Tagged with Avanguardia, Bent Metal Winery, Jacque Wilson, Jacques Mercier, Len Stevens, Lynn Wilson, Mark Foster, Mark Henry, Mike Naggiar, Montoliva, Naggiar, Nancy Stevens, Nevada City Winery, Pilot Peak Winery, Rob Chrisman, Scott Brown, Solune
Posted by jeffpelline on November 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment
LIKE SAMPLING CHEESE, we enjoy savoring Sierra Vintners’ wineries in “small bites”: A trip along Hwy. 49 to visit Sierra Knolls’ Bear River Wine Tasting room and Naggiar, for example; or a drive along McCourtney Road outside Grass Valley to visit Bent Metal, continuing along Indian Springs Road into Penn Valley, stopping at Pilot Peak. […]
Filed under Wine & Beer · Tagged with Bear River Wine Tasting, bent metal, explore, Hwy. 174, Jacques Mercier, Mark Henry, Montoliva, Naggiar, Penn Valley, pilot peak, Sierra Bella, Sierra Knolls, Sierra Vintners, Solune, the Colfax Hwy.
Posted by jeffpelline on January 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment
FOOTHILLS WINERIES FARED WELL in this year’s San Francisco Chronicle wine competition. The Nevada County wineries, also known as Sierra Vintners, that won medals included Avanguardia Wines, Lucchesi Vineyards, Montoliva Vineyard, Naggiar Vineyards and Pilot Peak Winery. Montoliva won “best of class” for its 2008 Sierra Bella. “Now try to tell me this isn’t the […]
Filed under FWA blog · Tagged with avanguardia wines, Ciotti Cellars, Fawnridge Winery, Lone Buffalo Vineyards, Lucchessi Vineyards, Mark Henry, Montoliva Vineyard, Mt. Vernon Winery, Naggiar Vineyards, Pilot Peak Winery, Popie Wines, Sierra Vintners, Sierra Vintners Wine Trail
Posted by jeffpelline on October 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment
WINE SHOULD TELL A STORY. Montoliva’s started years ago, when the Earth shifted to create a mountainous region of granite and quartz. Then climate and glaciers combined to grind the rock into a coarse sand and deposit it along the Sierra foothills. At the same time, the area’s weather settled into a pattern of warm […]
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