Wine Tonite!

Day 1 of the wine country roadtrip from Atlanta to Sonoma is officially in the books.  I felt pretty good and excited to get things started and pounded out about 673 miles and settled down in Van Buren, AR for the night.  The weather held up nicely and was sunny and hot most of the [...]

Lodi is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) in the Central Valley of California and is known for big Zins.  Zinfandel grapes generally like cool temperatures but most of the Central Valley is warm with consistent sun throughout the growing season.  However, Lodi is special due to its location directly east of the San Francisco Bay because [...]

When we asked Kim Myers, owner of Laurel Gray along with her husband, about their plans for growth when compared to a few of the bigger wineries down the road, her answer was simple and clear.  They want to make the best wine they can from their own fruit (they never sell grapes to other wineries) [...]