Aug 14, 2017 - Loads of information. There’s a brand name or producer, of course, and a geographic description of origin. A year, if the wine is vintage-dated, and perhaps the name of a grape. And the percentage of alcohol by volume – often in type so small that mere mortals can barely read [...]
2017 Wine Harvest Officially Begins with the Traditional Blessing of the Grapes at Testarossa Winery This marks the 129th anniversary of winemaking at the historic Novitiate Winery in Los Gatos making it the 4th oldest continuously operating winery in California. Photo Opportunity: 1:00pm August 15, 2017 Testarossa Winery, 300 College Ave. Los Gatos, CA 95030 [...]
July 12, 2017 - Wine educator Bob Zamora leads each session, exploring global Pinot Noir, growing regions such as Sta. Rita Hills and South American wine producers. Full article
“Time flies when you are having fun.” This vintage, the 130th consecutive vintage made here in the historic Jesuit Novitiate Winery of Los Gatos, we will be having over 500 tons of fun!
San Jose Mercury News published on Sunday that Testarossa Winery has received three awards in their Best in Silicon Valley Publication.
June 2, 2017 - "Los Gatos is the town you drive by, but never into. By the time you’ve made it through the frantic San Jose traffic on Highway 17 and see the green highway sign to your destination – “Santa Cruz 20 / Monterey 68” – all you want is to get there." [...]
June, 2017 - It is hard to say exactly when California Pinot Noir truly came of age, but there is no question that it has earned a well-deserved place as one of the state’s premier wines. We remember the days well when but a handful of producers stubbornly refused to [...]
I was starting to feel like the only person on Earth who had concerns about the 2011 vintage, until I read this post from Jim Laube’s blog, in which he describes “a high presence of musty and even moldy flavors” in too many of the wines. Here is the link to Steve's blog: http://www.steveheimoff.com/index.php/2013/12/17/more-on-the-troubling-2011-vintage/
