Pacific Pinot Noir

by Haeger, John Winthrop

• ISBN13: 9780520253179
• ISBN10: 0520253175
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-17
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr

Summary

Featuring more than two hundred in-depth winery profiles, this definitive guide is the best single source of information on world-renowned pinot noirs from California and Oregon. Drawing on his encyclopedic knowledge of a grape variety considered by many to produce the ultimate food wine, John Winthrop Haeger offers this expanded, updated companion volume to his award-winningNorth American Pinot Noir.Here, with three times the number of winery profiles, he focuses exclusively on what he calls the Pacific Pinot Zone, stretching from the mouth of the Columbia River in Oregon to Santa Barbara in California and extending up to thirty miles inland. An introductory essay provides an indispensable view of pinot noir in the United States--including the dramatic effect that the movieSidewayshas had on its sales and production. Pacific Pinot Noirfeatures: * Detailed descriptive tasting notes and selected vertical tastings * At-a-glance graphics conveying information on tasting rooms, prices, and production for each winery * Regional maps showing key viticultural areas * Contact information for each winery

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
About This Book	p. xiii
Maps	p. xxi
Introduction	p. xxv
Icon Key	p. xli
A to Z Wineworks	p. 1
Acacia Winery	p. 1
ADEA Wine Company	p. 5
Adelaida Cellars	p. 7
Adelsheim Vineyard	p. 8
Alma Rosa Winery and Vineyards	p. 11
Amity Vineyards	p. 13
Ancien Wines	p. 15
Andrew Rich Wines	p. 18
Anne Amie Vineyards	p. 19
Arcadian Winery	p. 21
Archery Summit Estate	p. 24
Argyle Winery	p. 27
Au Bon Climat	p. 29
August West Wines	p. 32
B. Kosuge Wines	p. 33
Babcock Winery and Vineyards	p. 34
Baileyana Winery	p. 37
Beaulieu Vineyard	p. 38
Beaux Freres	p. 40
Belle Glos	p. 42
Belle Pente Vineyard and Winery	p. 43
Belle Vallee Cellars	p. 45
Benton-Lane Winery	p. 47
Beran Vineyards	p. 48
Bergstrom Wines	p. 49
Bethel Heights Vineyard	p. 51
Bouchaine Vineyards	p. 53
Brandborg Vineyard and Winery	p. 55
Breggo Cellars	p. 56
Brewer-Clifton	p. 58
Brick House Wine Company	p. 60
Broadley Vineyards and Winery	p. 62
Brogan Cellars	p. 65
Buena Vista Carneros	p. 66
Byron Vineyard and Winery	p. 67
Calera Wine Company	p. 70
Cambria Winery and Vineyard	p. 74
Cameron Winery	p. 75
Campion Wines	p. 78
Capiaux Cellars	p. 79
Carabella Vineyard	p. 81
Casa Carneros	p. 82
Castle Rock Winery	p. 83
Chalone Vineyard	p. 84
Chateau St. Jean	p. 87
Chehalem Wines	p. 88
Clos de la Tech	p. 91
Clos Du Val Wine Company	p. 93
Clos LaChance Winery	p. 95
Cobb Wines	p. 96
Cooper Mountain Winery	p. 97
Copain Wine Cellars	p. 99
Costa de Oro Wines	p. 100
Cristom Vineyards	p. 102
Cuvaison Estate Wines	p. 104
David Bruce Winery	p. 105
Davis Bynum Wines	p. 107
Davis Family Vineyards	p. 109
De Loach Vineyards	p. 111
Dehlinger Winery	p. 113
Dierberg Vineyard and Three Saints	p. 117
Domaine Alfred	p. 118
Domaine Carneros	p. 120
Domaine Drouhin Oregon	p. 121
Domaine Serene	p. 124
DuMol Wine Company	p. 127
DuNah Vineyard and Winery	p. 128
Dusky Goose	p. 130
Dutton-Goldfield Wines	p. 131
Edna Valley Vineyard	p. 133
El Molino Winery	p. 135
Elk Cove Vineyards	p. 136
Emeritus Vineyards	p. 139
Erath Vineyards Winery	p. 140
Esterlina Vineyards	p. 142
Etude Wines	p. 144
Evesham Wood Winery	p. 147
The Eyrie Vineyards	p. 150
Failla Wines	p. 153
Fess Parker Winery and Vineyards	p. 154
Fiddlehead Cellars	p. 156
Flowers Vineyard and Winery	p. 159
Flying Goat Cellars	p. 162
Foley Estates Vineyard and Winery and Lincourt Vineyards	p. 164
Fort Ross Vineyard	p. 165
Foxen Vineyard and Winery	p. 167
Francis Tannahill	p. 169
Freeman Vineyard and Winery	p. 170
The Gainey Vineyard	p. 172
Gary Farrell Wines	p. 173
Gloria Ferrer Champagne Caves	p. 176
Goldeneye and Migration	p. 179
Greenwood Ridge Vineyards	p. 181
Gundlach Bundschu Winery	p. 183
Gypsy Dancer Estates	p. 185
Halleck Vineyard	p. 186
Hamacher Wines	p. 187
Hamel Wines	p. 189
Handley Cellars	p. 190
Hanzell Vineyards	p. 192
Hartford Family Winery	p. 196
William Hatcher Wines	p. 198
Hirsch Vineyards	p. 199
Hitching Post Wines	p. 201
Husch Vineyards	p. 203
Inman Family Wines	p. 205
Iron Horse Vineyards	p. 207
J. K. Carriere	p. 209
J Vineyards and Winery	p. 211
Joseph Swan Vineyards	p. 213
Kazmer & Blaise	p. 216
Keller Estate Winery	p. 217
Ken Brown Wines	p. 219
Ken Wright Cellars	p. 221
Kosta Browne	p. 224
La Crema Winery	p. 226
La Rochelle Winery	p. 227
Lachini Vineyards	p. 229
Laetitia Vineyard and Winery	p. 230
Lane Tanner Wines	p. 232
Lange Estate Winery	p. 234
Lazy River Vineyard	p. 236
Lemelson Vineyards	p. 237
Littorai Wines	p. 239
Londer Vineyards	p. 243
Richard Longoria Wines	p. 244
Loring Wine Company	p. 247
Lynmar Winery	p. 248
Mahoney Vineyards and Fleur de California	p. 251
Marimar Estate	p. 253
Maysara Winery	p. 256
Melville Vineyard and Winery	p. 258
Merry Edwards Wines	p. 260
Miner Family Vineyards	p. 263
Miura Vineyards	p. 264
Morgan Winery	p. 265
Mount Eden Vineyards	p. 267
Nalle Winery	p. 270
Navarro Vineyards	p. 271
The Ojai Vineyard	p. 274
Olivet Lane Vineyard and Pellegrini Family Vineyards	p. 276
Orogeny Vineyards	p. 277
Ortman Family Vineyards	p. 278
Panther Creek Cellars	p. 279
Papapietro Perry Winery	p. 281
Patricia Green Cellars	p. 282
Patton Valley Vineyard	p. 284
Patz & Hall Wine Company	p. 286
Paul Hobbs Wines	p. 289
Paul Lato Wines	p. 291
Peay Vineyards	p. 292
Penner-Ash Wine Cellars	p. 294
Pey-Marin Vineyards and Pey-Lucia Vineyards	p. 295
Pisoni Vineyards and Winery and Lucia	p. 296
Ponzi Vineyards	p. 298
Porter Creek Vineyards	p. 301
R. Stuart & Co.	p. 304
Radio-Coteau Wine Cellars	p. 306
Raptor Ridge Winery	p. 307
Red Car Wine Company	p. 309
Rex Hill Vineyard	p. 310
Rhys Vineyards and Alesia Wines	p. 311
Rivers-Marie	p. 314
Roar Wines	p. 315
Robert Mondavi Winery	p. 316
Robert Sinskey Vineyards	p. 319
Rochioli Vineyard and Winery	p. 322
Rodney Strong Vineyards	p. 325
Roessler Cellars	p. 327
RR Winery	p. 329
Rusack Vineyards	p. 330
Saintsbury	p. 331
Sanford Winery	p. 334
Savannah-Chanelle Vineyards	p. 336
Scherrer Winery	p. 338
School House Vineyard	p. 340
Schug Carneros Estate	p. 341
Scott Paul Wines	p. 343
Sea Smoke Cellars	p. 344
Shea Wine Cellars	p. 346
Siduri Wines	p. 348
Silvan Ridge Winery	p. 351
Sineann	p. 352
Skewis Wines	p. 354
Sokol Blosser Winery	p. 356
Sonnet Wine Cellars	p. 357
Soter Vineyards	p. 359
St. Innocent Winery	p. 361
Stephen Ross Wine Cellars	p. 364
Stevenson-Barrie	p. 365
Stoller Vineyards	p. 366
T. R Elliott	p. 367
Talisman Wines	p. 368
Talley Vineyards	p. 371
Tandem Winery	p. 373
Tantara Winery	p. 376
TAZ Vineyards	p. 378
Testarossa Vineyards	p. 379
Thomas Fogarty Winery	p. 382
Tolosa Winery	p. 383
Torii Mor Winery	p. 385
Tudor Wines	p. 386
Varner	p. 387
W. H. Smith Wines	p. 389
Walter Hansel Winery	p. 390
Westrey Wine Company	p. 392
Whitcraft Wines	p. 393
White Rose Vineyard	p. 395
Wild Horse Winery and Vineyards	p. 395
Willakenzie Estate Winery	p. 397
Willamette Valley Vineyards	p. 398
Williams Selyem	p. 400
Windy Oaks Estate	p. 404
Yamhill Valley Vineyards	p. 405
Omitted with Regret	p. 409
Contact Information	p. 411
Vintage Notes	p. 419
Pinot Terminology	p. 427
Index	p. 439
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