Taste of Sonoma

We poured our two Sonoma County wines at the Taste of Sonoma tasting at the MacMurray Ranch in the Russian River Valley. It was a wonderful event to participate in, 2000 people attended and 130 wineries were pouring. I enjoyed the food from all the restaurants, bakeries etc...

The weather was beautiful, it was another amazing day in Sonoma County.

Chardonnay is coming, must get barrels ready!

The chardonnay will be here soon and we are preparing the barrels. Each barrel is soaked up with water, checked for leaks and scrubbed clean. We will be barrel fermenting the chardonnay and want to get it off to a good start.

Grape Sampling

Harvest is just around the corner. We sampled chardonnay, muscat canelli, pinot noir and zinfandel this week and they are getting close. A couple of weeks for the chard and muscat, and 4 to 6 weeks for the pinot and the zin. We went to Napa to look at potential vineyards, it was 104 degrees, too hot, enjoyed the tour and had a wonderful lunch at Bouchon in Yountville.

Bodega Seafood Art & Wine Festival

Bodega Seafood Art & Wine Festival is happening today! Rielle Wines poured yesterday and the event was packed. Many great wines and micro brews. This is a very popular festival, lots of delicious seafood, many artists: photographers, painters, sculptors. Three performing stages. The headliner yesterday was Tommy Castro, he put on a great show. Here is a video link.

We will be back today, looking forward to seeing Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88's. The weather has been beautiful, cool, not too hot. We are pouring our Rielle 2005 Sonoma County Zin, Rielle 2006 Anderson Valley Pinot Noir, Rielle 2006 Anderson Valley Chardonnay, and Rielle 2004 Russian River Chardonnay.

Note that it is in the town of Bodega, not in Bodega Bay.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Rielle 2006 Anderson Valley Chardonnay

The 2006 Anderson Valley Chardonnay is here, and it is tasting fantastic. So far we haven't found anything it doesn't pair with.

Rielle Wines Chocolate Zinfandel Sauce

The zin chocolate sauce is here!!!! We served it over vanilla ice cream and pound cake, topped with fresh raspberries.

San Rafael Art and Wine Festival

Great event for us to participate in! We enjoyed being at the Falkirk Center in San Rafael. Brought back memories for us ex-Marinites. Pleasant music, delicious food, creative and beautiful works of art made for the perfect venue to pour our wines.

Half Zapped Wine Tasting - Heaven for Zin Fans

Half Zapped wine tasting at the Vine and Barrel wine shop in Petaluma was the place to be to taste some fantastic zinfandels! Rielle Wines poured the 2005 Sonoma County Zin which was chosen by many of the tasters as their favorite wine of the tasting. We met many local Petalumans and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Downtown Petaluma has undergone a major renovation and is a great destination point with many fine restaurants and shops.