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It was founded in 1959 by wine pioneer and former dancer, Rodney Strong, [1] [2] [3] the winery focuses solely on Sonoma County grape growing and wines. [1] Rodney Strong Vineyards sources from throughout Sonoma County and has 14 estate vineyards located in Alexander Valley, Russian River Valley, Chalk Hill, Sonoma Coast and Dry Creek Valley. [4]
The boundaries of the Chalk Hill AVA cover 33 square miles (85 km 2) of land within the northeast corner of Russian River AVA.Many of the region's 1,600 acres (650 ha) of planted vineyard land is located along the western slopes of the Mayacamas Mountain reaching up to altitudes of 200–1300 feet (60–400 meters).
The creation of this AVA was largely based on the petitioning of the E & J Gallo Winery as part of their expansion of their Gallo of Sonoma brand. [2] The viticultural area incorporates the Alexander Valley AVA , Chalk Hill AVA , Dry Creek Valley AVA , Knights Valley AVA , Russian River Valley AVA , Sonoma Coast AVA , and parts of the Green ...
A modern era of quality wine production began in the late 1960s when a new owner of Simi Winery sought to revive the area's long winemaking history. In the 1970s, a new wave of producers, such as Chateau Souverain and Jordan Vineyard & Winery, descended upon the area and started making wines that received critical and consumer acclaim. Wine ...
A bottle of Kistler Chardonnay. Kistler Vineyards is a family-owned California winery located in Northern California's wine producing region of Sonoma County.According to Food and Wine Magazine, their "biannual release of Chardonnay is one of the most sought after by wine enthusiasts" [1] and Food and Wine Magazine's Wine Guide considers their Chardonnays the "Best of the Best" among "Star ...
Vineyard, July 2009. Denbies is situated on the North Downs, which are a range of chalk hills the topsoil of which consists of fertile loam interspersed with flints. From 1986 to 1989 White had the south-facing slopes planted with vines, which cover 265 acres (1.07 km 2) of the 627-acre (2.54 km 2) estate, the remainder of which is woodland and pasture.
After selling grapes to other wineries for several years, Cohn founded his own winery, B.R. Cohn, in 1984. His first winemaker was the now-famous Helen Turley. [3] Like other wineries in the area it maintains a wine club and public tasting room, and hosts weddings and other events. In 2015, the winery was bought by Vintage Wine Estates. [1]
The company was founded by Daniel and Margaret Duckhorn as The St. Helena Wine Company in 1976 with eight co-investors. [3] His background was in business and finance – he had consulted for the wine and spirits company Heublein and had managed a Napa Valley vine grafting and root stock business that supplied vines to vineyard owners, which brought him into contact with Napa Valley winemakers.