What is a grape clone and why does it matter?
Did you know that hundreds of different clones of the Pinot Noir grape exist, and each single vineyard Pinot Noir can be comprised of many different clones?
Cheers Blog – Are Single-Vineyard and Estate-Grown Wines Better?
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 [...]
Mercury News – Testarossa’s summer wine university is now in session
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
Mercury News – Adults only: 7 perfect wine and s’mores pairings
“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!
Connoisseurs’ Guide for California Wine
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 [...]
Fogstone, aka Lucia Highlands
The two key, equally important ingredients, when commencing a new vineyard partnership, are the people involved (from tractor to ownership) and the site (climate and soil).
Mercury News – Testarossa Winery Opens up Carmel Valley Tasting Room.
“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!
Get the story behind why Testarossa Wine is so Consistently Excellent
Food and Wine Editor of the San Jose Mercury News Mary Orlin, sat in on one of the many Blending Trials that take place every year at Testarossa Winery. She details a bird's eye view of how the 2015 vintage becomes Jensen Reserve Society wine, Single Vineyard picks as well as Appellation and Cuvee Los [...]
Wine Business Monthly – Wine Trials: Cellar and Vineyard Trials at Testarossa
“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!
Two Garys’, 8 Vintages, One Winemaker, by Laura Ness
by Laura Ness In front of us loomed 7 large Pinot glasses generously endowed with some of the rarest and most coveted of Pinots in all of California. It is impossible to utter the words “Garys’ Vineyard” without invoking a hush of respect. To have both Garys’, Franscioni and Pisoni, boyhood friends whose fathers [...]