New classic winemakers of California: conversations with Steve Heimoff ; foreword by Bill Harlan

303 Pages·2007·1.199 MB·English

by  Heimoff, Steve

NEW CLASSIC WINEMAKERS OF CALIFORNIA

NEW CLASSIC WINEMAKERS OF CALIFORNIA
CONVERSATIONS WITH STEVE HEIMOFF FOREWORD BY H. WILLIAM HARLAN
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© 2008 by Steve Heimoª. Foreword © 2008
by H. William Harlan.
All photographs by author unless otherwise noted.
Photograph ofMerry Edwards on page 46 by Ben Miller.
Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Heimoª, Steve.
New classic winemakers ofCalifornia : conversations
with Steve Heimoª / foreword by H. William Harlan.
p. cm.
Includes index.
isbn978-0-520-24722-2 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Vintners—California—Biography. 2. Wine
and wine making—California—History. I. Title.
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD: H. WILLIAM HARLAN/ xi
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS/ xv
Introduction / 1
1970s
Bill Wathen, Foxen Winery & Vineyard/ 11
Dan Morgan Lee, Morgan Winery / 19
Genevieve Janssens, Robert Mondavi Winery / 29
Rick Longoria, Richard Longoria Wines / 39
Merry Edwards, Merry Edwards Wines / 47
Tony Soter, Etude Wines / 57
Andy Beckstoªer, Beckstoªer Vineyards / 67
Ted Seghesio, Seghesio Family Vineyards / 75
Kent Rosenblum, Rosenblum Cellars / 83
Margo van Staaveren, Chateau St. Jean / 91
1980s
Bob Levy, Harlan Estate / 105
Brian Talley, Talley Vineyards / 115
Heidi Peterson Barrett, La Sirena, Showket,
Paradigm, Other Wineries / 125
Greg La Follette, De Loach Vineyards, Tandem Winery / 135
Randy Ullom, Kendall-Jackson / 145
Doug Shafer and Elias Fernandez, Shafer Vineyards / 153
Kathy Joseph, Fiddlehead Cellars / 163
Mark Aubert, Colgin Cellars, Aubert Wines, Other Wineries / 171
1990s
Adam and Dianna Lee, Siduri Winery / 185
Greg Brewer, Brewer-Clifton, Melville Vineyards and Winery / 193
Justin Smith, Saxum Vineyards / 203
Michael Terrien, Hanzell Vineyards / 213
Gary, Mark, and Jeª Pisoni, Pisoni Vineyards & Winery / 223
Rolando Herrera, Mi Sueño Winery, Baldacci Family Vineyards,
Other Wineries / 233
John Alban, Alban Vineyards / 241
Javier Tapia Meza, Ceàgo Vinegarden / 249
Gina Gallo, Gallo Family Vineyards / 257
GLOSSARY/ 265
INDEX/ 273
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1 Ceàgo Vinegarden (Javier Tapia Meza) 17 Merry Edwards Wines (Merry Edwards)
2 Rosenblum Cellars (Kent Rosenblum) 18 Siduri Winery (Adam and Dianna Lee)
3 Morgan Winery (Dan Morgan Lee) 19 Kendall-Jackson (Randy Ullom)
4 Pisoni Vineyards & Winery (Gary, Mark, and 20 La Sirena Wines (Heidi Peterson Barrett)
Jeff Pisoni) 21 Colgin Cellars (Mark Aubert)
5 Saxum Vineyards (Justin Smith) 22 Aubert Wines (Mark Aubert)
6 Talley Vineyards (Brian Talley) 23 Beckstoffer Vineyards (Andy Beckstoffer)
7 Alban Vineyards (John Alban) 24 Showket Vineyards (Heidi Peterson Barrett)
8 Brewer-Clifton (Greg Brewer) 25 Robert Mondavi Winery (Genevieve Janssens)
9 Melville Vineyards and Winery (Greg Brewer) 26 Harlan Estate (Bob Levy)
10 Richard Longoria Wines (Rick Longoria) 27 Paradigm Winery (Heidi Peterson Barrett)
11 Foxen Winery & Vineyard (Bill Wathen) 28 Chateau St. Jean (Margo van Staaveren)
12 Fiddlehead Cellars (Kathy Joseph) 29 Hanzell Vineyards (Michael Terrien)
13 Gallo Family Vineyards (Gina Gallo) 30 Baldacci Family Vineyards (Rolando Herrera)
14 Seghesio Family Vineyards (Ted Seghesio) 31 Shafer Vineyards (Doug Shafer and Elias Fernandez)
15 Tandem Winery (Greg La Follette) 32 Mi Sueño Winery (Rolando Herrera)
16 De Loach Vineyards (Greg La Follette) 33 Etude Wines (Tony Soter)