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.

Thursday, April 06, 2006

Wilson Creek Winery & Vineyard - Temecula



Wilson Creek is a wonderful facility that gets a lot of traffic. There were a LOT of cars in the parking lot, and it’s easy to see why. They are known for their almond champagne, something that we aren’t exactly into, but is very accessible to people who aren’t generally into wines. They also have a great facility, a friendly attitude, and a lot of events. They refer to their wine club as “extended family” and it shows.

We didn’t expect much of their wines, but were very pleasantly surprised. They had a very interesting and unique wine, they call it Pinot-Mour, which is a Pinot Noir and Mouvedre blend. On the whole their wines were good enough that we took the plunge and joined the “extended family” with a red-only membership. We did this partially because of how wonderful the facility is, we expect that we will stop here for a picnic lunch almost every time, so we might as well belong to the wine club making tastings free...

Joel

http://www.wilsoncreekwinery.com/

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