Frost, Heat and New Wines
Spring has sprung and summer is here. Significant frost hit the vineyards in NoCal a while back. Our Lodi Zin vineyard had no damage, our Fair Play Cab vineyard had minimal damage, our Napa Cab sources are suffering however. Predictions are that Napa vineyards might be down to 25% or so of last year’s crop. Hide and watch….
Lodi’s ZinFest was this past Saturday (May 17) and our booth at Lodi Lake was slammed with people. Thanks to everyone who stopped and tried the ‘06 Soucie Vineyard Zinfandel. We got a lot of “Your wine was the best all day” comments, some even from sober people!
Our new wines are officially out and I think overall the ’06s are the best wines we’ve made, but are very young tasting still. It’s hard to pick a favorite, but in my opinion the Zin, Viognier and Trio are the best right now. That will change as all the wines spend time in bottle but those three are not to be missed right now. We’ve got some ‘05 Cab, Petite and Duality in inventory though - and these wines are drinking beautifully right now, which leads me to be convinced all our wines benefit from at least a year in the bottle to show their true potential.
We’ve got a lot of events at the winery planned for the summer - June 14 is the official release date for our ‘Artist Series’ Lodi Zin. Check the events page of the web site for more events.