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Thanksgiving Wines of the Week: Zaca Mesa
Home cooks across the U.S. are bringing fresh ideas to the table this Thanksgiving with dishes inspired by flavors they’ve tasted around the globe. Despite its...
Wine Reviews of the Week: Coquelicot Estate Vineyard
This week’s wines come to us from Coquelicot Esates in Santa Barbara County. The name Coquelicot is French for the striking red poppy flower that graces...
Zaca Mesa’s white Rhônes: Character Driven
With one of the highest-altitude vineyards in Santa Barbara County and the oldest Syrah plantings on the Central Coast, Zaca Mesa is an estate-focused winery...
Carina Cellars: Furthering the Standing of California Rhone Wines
Carina Cellars is the result of an avid wine collector with a dream who meets an accomplished winemaker with a vision. When attorney and businessman David Hardee...
Zaca Mesa 2006 Z Three / Santa Ynez Valley
Zaca Mesa has been growing Rhone varietals in Santa Barbara County since 1978. The Z three is an estate blend of 49 % Syrah, 37% Mourvedre, and 14% Grenache. ...
Zaca Mesa 2006 Z Cuvée / Santa Ynez Valley
This unique blend is inspired by the Châteauneuf-du-Pape’s where they have been blending these wines together for centuries to create wines that are greater than...
Zaca Mesa 2006 Roussanne / Santa Ynez Valley
All of Zaca Mesa’s wines are made from grapes grown on their 240 acres of vineyards and never leave the winery until after bottling, so that they can be...
Zaca Mesa 2008 Viognier / Santa Ynez Valley
Zaca Mesa is a Santa Ynez Valley estate winery dedicated to Rhone varieties. Since 1972, they have hand crafted wines from grapes grown in our vineyards to express...
Flight #3: Santa Cruz Mountains & Santa Ynez Valley
For this flight, our tasting panel, as well as our invited guests, were split on favorite bottles. The quality was so consistent that unlike the previous flights,...
