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Highway 101 in Mendocino County, California, parallels the Russian River and passes through land settled by Italian immigrants with names like Parducci, Barra, Graziano, and Testa. Their legacy lives on in the 100-year-old vineyards that populate the area. There are wineries still run by the fourth- and fifth-generation heirs who grew up on this land with winemaking in their blood.
The best way to experience these incredible wines is to follow the Coro Mendocino Wine Trail. Coro Mendocino is the first wine to set strict parameters distinctive to its region in the United States. Honoring the “Old Italian” field blends, each Coro wine starts with Zinfandel a minimum of 40 percent and then blended for up to nine named varietals. Another unique feature is that winemakers must go through four blind tastings to be worthy of the Coro Label. These tastings are infamous in the area for being brutal, but with the input of fellow winemakers, the results are a bet
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Eco friendly wines: Five wines to uncork on Earth Day 2021
For Earth Day, five wines that are friendly to the planet and the palate.
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A bottle of wine represents an entire year’s worth of work for a winemaker. There are a lot of things that can go wrong during the process, from Mother Nature’s wrath in the vineyards to bad barrels in the cellar. When things go awry, and vintners can’t afford to lose an entire year’s worth of work, many manipulate their wines with chemicals and additives to adjust color or flavor. Some manipulate it as standard practice for brand consistency. Not all fermented juice is a pure representation of what grows in the vineyard.
BARRA of Mendocino Announces Charlie s Blend In Time for Earth Month
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Charlie Barra was farming organically before the term was invented. REDWOOD VALLEY, Calif. (PRWEB) April 05, 2021 The Barra family, proprietors of BARRA of Mendocino and Girasole Vineyards wines, announce the release of their 2019 Charlie’s Blend. This wine will be made each year as a tribute to founder and patriarch Charlie Barra, who planted his first vineyards in Mendocino County in 1955 and passed away in 2019.
In conjunction with the release of Charlie’s Blend, the BARRA of Mendocino tasting room is planning a variety of Earth Day activities during the month of April. Throughout April, any visitors to the tasting room that bring in their old corks to be recycled will get a 10% discount off their wine purchase. Visitors to the tasting room will also be entered in a weekly drawing to receive a gift certificate to local rest