Home of White Zin now a haven for boutique wine

June 20, 2008 Vino

Home of White Zin now a haven for boutique wine (San Francisco Chronicle)
From a sea of White Zinfandel, a hundred fancy Cabernets shall rise. That, in essence, was Joel Gott’s vision. What had basically been a 16-acre wine factory just south of St. Helena, right in the midst of Napa Valley, got him thinking. On that site, the…

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