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Category: Claudio Ponte's BlogThose of you who've visited the winery in the last 30 days have surely noticed that we have cleared the vineyard next to the winery between us and Wiens.
Ponte goes the distance for you…
Category: Claudio Ponte's Blog Published: Thursday, November 03, 2011 Earlier this year, Lauren Todd (Tasting Room Manager), Mark Schabel (Winemaker), Daniel Gomez (Enology consultant) and I traveled to Argentina to visit our vineyards, high up in the Andes Mountains. One of the most frequently asked questions at the winery is how many bottles can a vine or an acre produce or some other variant of the same thing. NO, NO, NO FOURS, I heard Grace Lee (our accountant and one of our partners) holler from her office. It was 2003 and I was on the line with Verizon, trying to get a phone number for the almost finished winery. In the 90's, before opening the winery, my brother and I decided to have some fun by making some garage wine.
Our Argentinean Wines Have Arrived!
Category: Claudio Ponte's Blog Published: Thursday, November 11, 2010 In the October newsletter, I wrote about special wine growing areas and contrasted Temecula with its relatively mild weather, and the Santa Rita Hills with their cold, foggy winds. The upshot is that mild weather areas can produce a wide array of grape varieties, while more extreme areas can (and often do) produce one or two special varieties, expressing a very distinctive style... The reason we finished the Angry Wife and left the Silver Oak is that the Angry Wife was purposely made to be easy to drink, while the latter was crafted to impress Robert Parker (the famed wine critic) and other wine “experts”.
About grapes, composting, and viticulture...
Category: Claudio Ponte's Blog Published: Saturday, March 20, 2010 As many of you have read in my prior letters, we have been growing grapes in Temecula for 25 years. Initially most of the grapes were sold to wineries up north and were turned into wine sold as a fighting varietal (Wines labeled as Chardonnay, Cabernet, etc. and sold under $10 a bottle). Until 1997, our business depended on producing the most grapes at the lowest cost while still maintaining an acceptable quality.
An Interesting Wine Country Trip: Portugal, Home of Port!
Category: Claudio Ponte's Blog Published: Monday, March 15, 2010 There are two reasons why my favorite part of my job is visiting other wine regions. First, it's the only work I know that feels like a vacation. Second, I have yet to visit a wine country that is not beautiful and full of interesting people. My first experience with decanting and how it has influenced me. My mother Graciela was born in Colombia in 1926. Raised by a schoolteacher and a housewife, she was the sixth of eight children and the only girl...
The History of Valentine's Day: Roman Holiday
Category: Claudio Ponte's Blog Published: Thursday, February 11, 2010 As wine club members, you've probably chosen your favorite Ponte wines for serving with dinner, whether you are serving chicken, fish, beef or vegetables... But what about Sherry? Early last year I tried to find a greener alternative to the medium sized SUV I had been driving for several years. An extra push was given by my friends who were questioning my sustainability efforts at the winery while still driving the SUV. Here's how I made my way to greener pastures. Two years ago (and again recently) I promised to publish my experiences with an experimental wine storage device I affectionately call The Ghetto Cooler.Most of you who have read my columns over the years know that I consider proper wine storage only to decanting... |
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About this Page: Nestled away in the heart of Temecula Wine Country, you will find the Ponte Family Estate Winery, Southern California’s premier winery destination. Through an exclusive winery market atmosphere, Ponte Winery offers its visitors wine tasting, fine wine country cuisine dining at the Smokehouse Restaurant, weddings set with a serene view of the Temecula, California Wine Country mountains, as well as an all inclusive Ponte Wine Club.
