Last week I had business in Pleasonton and went to Napa afterwards. Then on
last day I went to Rosenblum Cellars in Alemeda. They were having an open
house tasting of some 80 wines. Live bands, music, food. Large crowds.
You pay $20 and get a Riedel glass to taste and take home.

Back home in NC we only get the Cuvee Zins for about $10 from Rosenblum
Cellars. They have wines that are single vineyards and pretty good PQR. Up
to about mid $40's.

Anyone ever hear of this open house?

Dick

Richard Neidich wrote:
Last week I had business in Pleasonton and went to Napa afterwards. Then on
last day I went to Rosenblum Cellars in Alemeda. They were having an open
house tasting of some 80 wines. Live bands, music, food. Large crowds.
You pay $20 and get a Riedel glass to taste and take home.

Back home in NC we only get the Cuvee Zins for about $10 from Rosenblum
Cellars. They have wines that are single vineyards and pretty good PQR. Up
to about mid $40's.

Anyone ever hear of this open house?

Dick,
I haven't heard of THAT open house, but Rosenblum is one of the
mainstays of ZAP (Zinfandel Advocates and Producers) and hosts a huge
open house tasting (not just of their wines) of Zins, served with foods
prepared by a number of notable wine country restaurants, each January.
It runs during the annual ZAP festival (which includes the "Big
Tasting" in SF) and IMHO is the most fun of their events.

Mark Lipton

Richard Neidich wrote:
Last week I had business in Pleasonton and went to Napa afterwards. Then on
last day I went to Rosenblum Cellars in Alemeda. They were having an open
house tasting of some 80 wines. Live bands, music, food. Large crowds.
You pay $20 and get a Riedel glass to taste and take home.

Back home in NC we only get the Cuvee Zins for about $10 from Rosenblum
Cellars. They have wines that are single vineyards and pretty good PQR. Up
to about mid $40's.

Anyone ever hear of this open house?

Dick,
I haven't heard of THAT open house, but Rosenblum is one of the
mainstays of ZAP (Zinfandel Advocates and Producers) and hosts a huge
open house tasting (not just of their wines) of Zins, served with foods
prepared by a number of notable wine country restaurants, each January.
It runs during the annual ZAP festival (which includes the "Big
Tasting" in SF) and IMHO is the most fun of their events.

Mark Lipton

Barrel tastings were open to public.

Nice wines were served.


"Cliff Brown" wrote in message
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"Richard Neidich" wrote:

Last week I had business in Pleasonton and went to Napa afterwards. Then
on
last day I went to Rosenblum Cellars in Alemeda. They were having an
open
house tasting of some 80 wines. Live bands, music, food. Large crowds.
You pay $20 and get a Riedel glass to taste and take home.

Back home in NC we only get the Cuvee Zins for about $10 from Rosenblum
Cellars. They have wines that are single vineyards and pretty good PQR.
Up
to about mid $40's.

Anyone ever hear of this open house?


If I knew you were going I could have sent you two passes for free
admittance. I belong to their wine club and was given two free passes.
It sounded like it was going to be a good time. In my mailing, they
also mentioned several barrel tastings. I don't know if the barrel
tastings were open to the public or only to club members. In all they
said there would be over 100 different wines/vintages to taste.

Based on the mailing, it sounded like this was an anual event.

--

Cliff

Richard Neidich wrote:
Last week I had business in Pleasonton and went to Napa afterwards.
Then on
last day I went to Rosenblum Cellars in Alemeda. They were having an
open
house tasting of some 80 wines. Live bands, music, food. Large
crowds.
You pay $20 and get a Riedel glass to taste and take home.

Back home in NC we only get the Cuvee Zins for about $10 from
Rosenblum
Cellars. They have wines that are single vineyards and pretty good
PQR. Up
to about mid $40's.

Anyone ever hear of this open house?

Dick

Kent Rosenblum does a big open house every three months, starting each
year in February. I've been going to this fairly religiously for three
years now.

Usually 15 or so new releases are tasted and another 20 or so wines.
It is WELL worth attending. It puts Alameda on the map!

-Ken

k.papai wrote:
Kent Rosenblum does a big open house every three months, starting each
year in February. I've been going to this fairly religiously for three
years now.

Usually 15 or so new releases are tasted and another 20 or so wines.
It is WELL worth attending. It puts Alameda on the map!

-Ken

Another open house that I used to look forward to was deLoach
single vineyard Zinfandel tasting the first weekend of November.
I was told Saturday that the single vineyard Zins are going to
disappear from the line up now that deLoach has been acquired by
one of the conglomerates.

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@earthlink.net says...

k.papai wrote:
Kent Rosenblum does a big open house every three months, starting each
year in February. I've been going to this fairly religiously for three
years now.

Usually 15 or so new releases are tasted and another 20 or so wines.
It is WELL worth attending. It puts Alameda on the map!

-Ken

Another open house that I used to look forward to was deLoach
single vineyard Zinfandel tasting the first weekend of November.
I was told Saturday that the single vineyard Zins are going to
disappear from the line up now that deLoach has been acquired by
one of the conglomerates.

There was talk that Cecil & son, Michael, would be doing something with the
Zin properties, but that is probably yesterday's news and didn't happen. Too
bad, as they had some superb little plots of very old Zin vines and did some
excellent wines.

Hunt

Hunt wrote:

There was talk that Cecil & son, Michael, would be doing something with the
Zin properties, but that is probably yesterday's news and didn't happen. Too
bad, as they had some superb little plots of very old Zin vines and did some
excellent wines.

Yes, indeed. Some of the late '80s single vyd Zins from DeLoach were
superb examples of the emerging "super-extracted" style. I never did
decide which of the vyds was my favorite, though Peletti was probably
the leader. One thing that shouldn't be forgotten is the service that
Cecil did saving those vineyards in the early '80s by making a white
Zin, the only drinkable example I ever had.

Mark Lipton

Mark Lipton wrote:
Hunt wrote:

There was talk that Cecil & son, Michael, would be doing something
with the Zin properties, but that is probably yesterday's news and
didn't happen. Too bad, as they had some superb little plots of very
old Zin vines and did some excellent wines.


Yes, indeed. Some of the late '80s single vyd Zins from DeLoach were
superb examples of the emerging "super-extracted" style. I never did
decide which of the vyds was my favorite, though Peletti was probably
the leader. One thing that shouldn't be forgotten is the service that
Cecil did saving those vineyards in the early '80s by making a white
Zin, the only drinkable example I ever had.

Mark Lipton

And lets not forget the year that most of his single vineyard Zins all
exceeded 17.5% alcohol. A bit too big.

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Hunt wrote:

There was talk that Cecil & son, Michael, would be doing something with the
Zin properties, but that is probably yesterday's news and didn't happen.
Too
bad, as they had some superb little plots of very old Zin vines and did
some
excellent wines.

Yes, indeed. Some of the late '80s single vyd Zins from DeLoach were
superb examples of the emerging "super-extracted" style. I never did
decide which of the vyds was my favorite, though Peletti was probably
the leader. One thing that shouldn't be forgotten is the service that
Cecil did saving those vineyards in the early '80s by making a white
Zin, the only drinkable example I ever had.

Mark Lipton

As Michael related the story to me, some years ago, when his dad purchased the
vineyards, the original owners asked that he make a pledge to them, that he
would not tear out the old Zin vines. This was a handshake deal, and no papers
were signed to that effect. The bankers, who were financing DeLoach were
intent that Cab, Merlot, and Chard were to be planted and produced for the
fastest return on investment. Cecil held true to his word and felt obligated
to keep the Zin, regardless of pressure to make quick $. As it turned out, the
old knarled Zin vines were a gold mine, and produced great wine. It was
refreshing to me to hear that a man's word was a bond, and also nice that he,
and the Zin community, benefitted from his integrity. I only hope that some of
that spirit will continue to exist in the vineyard, where investment bankers
seem to be running the show.

I have not spoken to Michael for a while now, so I don't know what might be
happening regarding the sale. I just fear that all that effort and those
wonderful old vines will cease to exist, all in the name of "return on
investment."

Hunt