Local Wine Events

Wine Cellaring Class
Instructor: Nancy Vineyard
Thurs, Feb 25th 6-9:30pm or
Sat, March 20th 1-4:30pm
$35 fee includes:
tasting each other's wines to practice sensory evaluation. Learn techniques to adjust a wine to fit your taste, adding oak flavor and aroma, clarifying with filters and fining agents, removing bitterness and stabilizing for bottling. The Beverage People.

Intro to Home Brewing
Instructor: Bob Peak
Sat, Jan 9 & 16 1-4pm or
Sat, Feb 27 & Mar 6 1-4pm
$45 fee includes:
two brewing sessions, recipe design, brewing techniquestr, bottling and sanitation, plus a third session that is a beer style tasting which meets offsite. The Beverage People.

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Vineyard Notes

Pruning We have begun pruning our vines for production in 2010. It takes our small crew (vineyard foreman, wife and cousin who have a total of 30 years vineyard experience between them) about three months to finish. All of our vineyards are spur pruned and most cordon trained with the exception of the Zinfandel which is head trained.

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Wine Notes

Sbragia Family Winery Earns 91 Point Rating from Wine Spectator!

Sbragia Sauvignon blanc label

Wine Spectator has awarded the 2008 Sbragia Family Sauvignon blanc from our vineyard, labeled as "Schmidt Ranch", 91 points!!! Comments: Peach, marmalade, nectarine, pear, spice and apple flavors are elegant, yet rich and ripe, with refreshing acidity. Spicy almond skin notes come forward on the finish.

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Congratulations to home winemakers Stephen, Chris and Colleagues who won BEST OF SHOW at the Valley of the Moon Dilettante Enological Society for their 2007 Cabernet make with Tzabaco Rancho grapes.

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Recommended Reading:

Book: The Way to Make WineBook: The Way to Make Wine
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Wineglass and Bottle

I KNOW IT'S EARLY BUT PLEASE THINK ABOUT JOINING US TO EXPERIENCE HARVEST 2010 IN THE VINEYARD!

We have many white and red varieties in the vineyard that produce great single varietals or white or red meritage blends. Varieties for sale include:

We are located in the heart of the Dry Creek Valley in Sonoma County and are proud to produce great wine grapes using sustainable winegrowing practices. Established in 1856, our family owned vineyard produces premium winegrapes for a number of major wineries and an enthusiastic clientele of home winemakers.

Janice SchmidtWhether you are a new to winemaking or a veteran winemaker, our grapes should provide a solid foundation for your 2009 vintage wines. Enology advice is available from Janice Schmidt, a UC Davis trained enologist, who worked for Jordan Vineyard and Winery for 20 years before retiring. She takes pride in guiding home winemakers in the complex yet rewarding process of making wine.

You can pick or have us pick your grapes and crush them in our stainless steel Zambelli crusher for free! We can provide your beginning winemaking additive needs: initial SO2 addition, enzymes, yeast nutrients, yeast (ICV D254) and ML bacteria (Enoferm Alpha).

For more information on Harvest 2009 and/or to reserve grapes you can email us at trv@sonic.net, or call us at 707-433-2511 (ranch) or 707-484-8882 (cell).