OLD WORLD WINERY 850 River Rd. Fulton CA 95439 (707) 490-6696 oldworldwinery.com PEOPLE Giuseppe Martinelli emigrated from Lucca to the Italian enclave of northern California in the late 1800s where he followed in the footsteps of many immigrants of the time by planting grapes. Fastrack 100 years and those same vines are being tended …
LITTORAI (BOTTLE) 788 Gold Ridge Rd. Sebastopol CA 95472 (707) 823-9586 littorai.com PEOPLE Ted and Heidi Lemon founded and own Littorai. Ted serves as winemaker and vineyard manager while Heidi leads the business. VINEYARDS Littorai owns both the Pivot vineyard in Sonoma’s Sebastopol Hills area of the Sonoma Coast, and also the …
BEDROCK WINE CO. (SNAIL) 21481 8th St. East Sonoma CA 95476 (707) 343-1478 bedrockwineco.com Bedrock Wine Co. is the apotheosis of the current California wine revolution. Its work with Zinfandel and other heritage grapes from California has shown the world that these grapes can produce compelling, world-class wines with immense appeal for the contemporary palate. …
HIRSCH VINEYARDS (BOTTLE) 45075 Bohan Dillon Rd. Cazadero CA 95421 (707) 847-3001 hirschvineyards.com PEOPLE Hirsch was planted in 1980 on the Sonoma Coast when entrepreneur David Hirsch decided that northern California was getting too crowded. The winery was completed in 2002, the same vintage would become the Hirsch family’s first estate release. Everardo Robledo …
Yesterday Cal Fire (California’s statewide firefighting agency) reported that the Tubbs Fire, which devastated the state’s northern wine country this month, is now 94 percent contained. 36,807 acres were burned according to the latest update. Even as firefighters brace for the dreaded Santa Ana winds that are expected to hit Southern California this week (creating …