Are there any vineyards in the Coachella Valley area that grow Cabernet,
Merlot, and/or Sangiovese grapes, and that sell them to home winemakers? If
so, what are typical prices like?

"Negodki" wrote in message
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Are there any vineyards in the Coachella Valley area that grow Cabernet,
Merlot, and/or Sangiovese grapes, and that sell them to home winemakers?
If
so, what are typical prices like?


There are lots of table grapes, but I am not familiar with any wine grapes
in the Coachella Valley. How about Temecula? Prices this year ranged from
$500 for "U-pick" Cab, $800 for Merlot and $1100 for top quality (for
Temecula) Sangiovese grapes.

"Lum" wrote in message
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How about Temecula? Prices this year ranged from
$500 for "U-pick" Cab, $800 for Merlot and $1100 for top quality (for
Temecula) Sangiovese grapes.

$1100 for "U-pick" Sangiovese? That's 'way too pricy AFAIC. I got ½ ton of
Sangiovese from Los Alamos Saturday for $1000/ton, and they picked it for
me. Really excellent fruit, too. The Brix of the free run was ~23.4°, at
pH ~3.35-3.40, but the true Brix was probably higher.

This is the best Sangiovese I've ever seen. The clusters were uniformly
dark, with smallish berries and _no_ rot. It's so nice I may put it into a
new French barrel.

Tom S