Skinner Vineyards poured its Rhone single-varietal wines and its Rhone blends for many of the 2,000 consumers and members of the wine trade who attended the 14th Annual Rhone Rangers San Francisco Tasting held in late March 2011 at Fort Mason’s Festival Pavilion in San Francisco. This is the largest American Rhone wine event in the country, and more than 500 of the best American Rhone wines from at least 100 Rhone Rangers member wineries were celebrated by a wine consumer public that is interested to know more about Rhone wines from America.
We poured the following wines for our fans and new friends:
- 2009 Grenache Blanc, Stoney Creek Vineyard, Fair Play
- 2008 Seven Generations, White Blend, El Dorado
- 2009 Grenache, El Dorado
- 2008 Eighteen Sixty-One, Red Blend, El Dorado
- 2007 Syrah, Stoney Creek Vineyard, Fair Play
Skinner Vineyards has been a member of The Rhone Rangers for several years. The organization is dedicated to educating the public on Rhone varietal wine grapes grown in America and to promoting the production and enjoyment of these wines, with emphasis on integration into our daily lives. Among the information tidbits available on the organization’s website (http://www.rhonerangers.org/) is this:
“In France's Rhone Valley, twenty-two traditional grape varieties may be grown. Twelve of these grapes are planted in the United States, including the best-known Syrah and Viognier, the up and coming Mourvèdre, Grenache, Roussanne and Marsanne, and the truly obscure (but delicious) Counoise, Cinsaut, Grenache Blanc and Picpoul. Plus Petite Sirah, whose parentage places it clearly in the Rhone. Perhaps most exciting, most of these grapes play well with others, and most Rhone Rangers wineries produce blends as well as single-varietal wines.”
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