What a surprise - having heard about the amazing new wineries in Lodi was an understatement. Just one hour from Natomas is the rural town of Lodi, famous for their Zinfandel vines. They even have a specialty called Old Vine Zinfandel. Just off Hwy 99 is the Oak Ridge tasting room an old round barrel room. Their Pinot Grigio was good, nice bouquet and smooth on the tongue. But the excellent, winner of a blind taste test - see "Bottle Shock", is OZV Zinfandel 2005 at $14.95 a bottle. This ruined the rest of the wine tasting for nothing else was in it's league. Even white wine people liked it. It is one of the most amazing wines you will ever taste.
About 15 min. north to Lockeford, very small town, was the Vino Piazza, a Winery Village, of 8 wineries and shops. Nothing to recommend but Watts has a Rosado (Shiraz/Zin) that was good. I really enjoyed meeting the women on the bus and exchanged phone numbers. One older woman got very outrageous after the first winery, even crying and yelling. Her husband would not let her get out at the 3rd winery, poor man. But yes it was excitting and I had a wonderful time.
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Wow Lyn, that sounds like you had a good time. I am glad. You got me curious about the absolute best wine now! It is great that you started this blog so we can see what you are up to! Hope you have a good night and enjoy your wine!
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ReplyDeleteSound like your Lodi trip went very well. I bet you have some funny stories. Glad you had a nice wine tasting trip.
love ya Derrek