As summer draws to its beautiful and bittersweet close in the Livermore Valley of California, we enter one of my favorite times of the year: harvest. This time of the year begins with crisp mornings and is full of warming fall colors. We bid adieu to long warm summer days and begin to relish the [...]
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By Karl Wente, 5th generation grower/winemaker Here’s the thing: tasting is always believing. Yes, our 2007 Wente Vineyards Reliz Creek Arroyo Seco Pinot Noir ($22) recently won a Double Gold Medal at the 2011 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition; and our 2008 Wente Vineyards Nth Degree Arroyo Seco Pinot Noir garnered a Gold Medal in [...]
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ARROY SECO TERROIR & OPULENT PINOT NOIRS Thank you for your wine, California… thank you for your sweet and bitter fruits – Mick Jagger/Keith Richards By Karl Wente, 5th generation grower/winemaker My grandfather, the first Karl Wente, was only 49 years old when he suddenly passed away in 1977. Even so, it was not before [...]
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By Karl Wente, 5th generation grower/winemaker There’s nothing like the confirmation and respect of your peers: at the beginning of this past January, the discriminating judges at the 2011 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition gave our 2007 Wente Vineyards Nth Degree Livermore Valley Cabernet Sauvignon a Best of Class award – singling out this wine [...]
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By Karl Wente, 5th generation grower/winemaker Let’s talk Cabernet Sauvignon. Everybody loves a good Cabernet Sauvignon. It is true that, here at Wente Vineyards, our identity through the years has been strongly associated with grapes like Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc — and we’re talking about 128 years of that association. But we also farm about [...]
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By Karl Wente, 5th generation grower/winemaker God said to Abraham, kill me a son (Bob Dylan)… And a 19th century grapeseeding pioneer named Charles Wetmore told my great great grandfather, C.H. Wente, to take this budwood obtained from Meursault in France’s Burgundy region, and go forth and multiply said grape: now known to wine lovers [...]
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ZEN & THE ART OF WENTE VINEYARDS WINES By Karl Wente (5th generation grower/winemaker) You know that I’m really not a doctor But I bet you didn’t know I’m not a doctor’s son… I intend to do my father’s work until the day I’m gone… – “Doctor” Professor Longhair At Wente Vineyards we’ve always made [...]
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