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“I Think Amador Zinfandels have to show their regional style, which are big, fruity, spicy, fully extracted wines, but they should not be high-alcohol monster wines.”
Cary Gott
“The goal is to produce a balanced wine that gives full expression to the vineyard.”
Dick Bush
“When Zinfandel is allowed to express its terroir or regional character, it’s a distinctive wine; it’s never just another nice red wine.”
David Akiyoshi
“We think that Zinfandel grapes from Contra Costa’s old vineyards are some of the best available in the state. It has been an undervalued source.”
Matt Cline
“It’s a beautiful grape, but it was a lost grape for many, many years.”
Benito (Benny) Dusi
“Zinfandel is a captivating grape -- Zinfandel draws you in, if you let it. Or maybe it just gets its hooks into you, and gets ahold of you.”
Frank Nerelli
This area is incredible when you’re dealing with vineyards as old as these. . .”
Jon MacPherson
“Zinfandel is the only California varietal that carries with it a sense of our very own viticultural antiquity.”
Jed Steele
“Zinfandel producers have lost the Zinfandel flavor in the last 40 years. They are making Zinfandel too sweet. You were supposed to feel Zinfandel going down over your tongue.”
George Zeni
“The day Helen Turley walked into the vineyard was the day my dad went from grapegrower to wine grower.”
Julie Martinelli
“Zinfandel is the boss grape. It always has been, always will be.”
Pete Seghesio, Sr.
“Anyone who thinks that wines should be 10 years old before you drink them must think he is immortal, because you have to cheat death twice!
First, you have to believe you will live another 10 years, and second, you have to believe that the wine will be worth waiting for.”
Russ Oles
“A complete wine is not a donut. It does not have holes. It has a front palate, a middle palate, and a long finish. This complete experience has to be visualized by the winemaker from start to finish.”
Bernard Portet
“Wine is of the earth’ it’s a connection we need, that we seek out as our lives become more cut off from the natural world.
It is part of what’s behind the interest in wine that separates it from other alcoholic beverages. Great vineyards are a reflection of that piece of earth the vines grow in and of the sun and rain that fall upon them.”
Paul Draper
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