Neighborhoods of the Russian River Valley

RE: Neighborhoods of the Russian River Valley

Evan Davis CWE — Sun, 15 May 2016 00:48:07 GMT

Great read. Good perspective, not swinging to much either way in opinion. Presented well. Nice article, good job!

RE: Neighborhoods of the Russian River Valley

Jason Craig — Sun, 08 May 2016 18:13:57 GMT

Troy-

In regards to Sonoma Coast AVA labeled on Kosta Brown's Kanzler Vineyard - They label it according to the vineyard's location, not that they vinify the grapes in Sebastopol (which is in the RRV).

Sonoma Coast and Russian River have always shared a "grey area" of a boarder and some producers tend to choose the most BUZZ worthy AVA when licensing their labels to assist in driving sales and often times the character of the wine produced on that border may swing in one direction or the other creating the deciding factor for which AVA to be placed on the bottle. I have spoken directly with many winemakers in this area in regards to these labeling choices, having been raised and then a Private Wine Tour Guide in this area for several years.

Wait till the split off of Petaluma GAP from Sonoma Coast (in process), I believe 2016 will be the first year you may see bottles labeled so. When that happens a good portion of High End Producers in this area, such as Kosta Brown and their Sunchase Vineyard) will be changing their Labels to rep the new Petaluma GAP AVA.

Another good resource for clarity on this would be the Winemaker's Evan and Brent at Fogline Winery. Evan has been advocating for the new Petaluma Gap AVA for several years now, and they make Pinot's from each of these "neighborhoods"

Giving credit where credit is due and representing the proper terroir accurately Im certain is in everybody's interest. More importantly, it should be paramount to retaining guest/consumer confidence in ordering wine.

IMHO

Jason Craig C.S.

A Russian River Resident

RE: Neighborhoods of the Russian River Valley

Troy Tranzow — Mon, 25 Apr 2016 06:45:01 GMT

HELP! Rebecca please excuse my ignorance, after trying to find the answer im still lost. In regards to Kosta Browne sourcing there Pinot Noir from Kanzler Vineyard, why do they lable it Sonoma Coast? Is that where they vinify it? Or something I'm overthinking? Thank you in advance.

RE: Neighborhoods of the Russian River Valley

Christopher Gaither — Sat, 23 Apr 2016 02:08:07 GMT

Wow, great writing! Thanks Bec!

RE: Neighborhoods of the Russian River Valley

Jeana Mamer — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 20:53:34 GMT

Thank you for this! It'll be interesting to watch how it plays out.

RE: Neighborhoods of the Russian River Valley

Allegra Angelo — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 17:15:53 GMT

Thanks Becca for this article!

RE: Neighborhoods of the Russian River Valley

Daniel Fitzgerald, CSW — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 03:52:14 GMT

Very insightful! Thank you for putting this together and enabling us to grow our knowledge, keep up the great work!