Tasting the wines of California

Anyone can take grapes and ferment them into something resembling wine, but it takes a true artisan to make some that is truly great. The only way to really experience what California wine is all about is to experience the wineries themselves.

Saturday, April 08, 2006

Wiens Family Cellars - Temecula



Wiens was a delightful little winery. They have big expansions planned, in which they hope to become more of a destination than just a winery. This is typical of most of the wineries in Temecula.

The gal who poured our wine was very nice, and it was her first week. She didn’t know a lot about their wines, but the other staff around were very helpful to her and we enjoyed the experience. Their wines were all quite light, too light for our tastes. Their Zinfandel, from Lodi, was the gem of the lot. We bought a bottle of that and a bottle of the Primitivo simply because of it is an unusual grape.

This is a nice place to visit, but not one of the “don’t miss” wineries of Temecula.

Joel

http://www.wienscellars.com/

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