Dry Creek Vineyard , founded in 1972 by David Stare, is located in the heart of Dry Creek Valley just outside of Healdsburg, California. Today, Dry Creek Vineyard is run by David's daughter Kim Stare Wallace and her husband Don. Well-known for their Fumé Blancs and Zinfandels, Dry Creek Vineyard also produces a number of other excellent wines including their Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet-based blends.
We recently had the opportunity to taste the …
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Dry Creek Vineyard , founded in 1972 by David Stare, is located in the heart of Dry Creek Valley just outside of Healdsburg, California. Well-known for their Fumé Blancs and Zinfandels, Dry Creek Vineyard also produces a number of other good wines. And best of all, their wines deliver serious bang-for-your-buck. "A great wine at a fair price" was founder David Stare's mantra, and the family continues to uphold this philosophy. Today, Dry Creek Vineyard…
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…example of this is what is going on at our iconic DCV3 estate vineyard. Planted by David Stare in 1972, this was the first vineyard planted to Sauvignon Blanc in the Dry Creek Valley. Not only is this vineyard historically relevant for our winegrowing region, we also see it as our crown jewel in our Sauvignon Blanc program. Like any vineyard, eventually it needed to be replanted. First, we let the ground lay follow for almost 5 years. Not an easy decision and not exactly profitable …
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…best ever, say the folks at Dry Creek, who have been making first-rate wine since David Stare founded it in 1972. They talk about perfect weather and fine growing conditions for the entire season.
This means it's up to Bill Knuttel, the executive winemaker, not to screw things up . And he didn't.
Both wines will benefit from being decanted and left to sit on the dining table 45-60 minutes after opening. Somers, 100 percent Zin, has an impressive blackberry aroma with hints …
…wines—and in the rest of Dry Creek's line—owner and winemaster David Stare seems to be attempting to push the varietal character of the wine as far as he can, yet without twisting the wine out of balance. Dry Creek wines are a bit like watching a first-rate chef at work. It all looks so easy and so effortless that one forgets the depth of the art behind it."
Larry Walker,
San Francisco Chronicle
February 4, 1987
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…vineyard adjacent to the employee parking lot marked an opportunity to try an idea shared by winery owner David Stare; his daughter, winery vice president, Kim Stare Wallace; her husband, winery general manager, Don Wallace; and vineyard manager Duff Bevill.
"We thought originally of putting in Sangiovese," explains Don, "but Duff had been collecting these old clones from celebrated Zinfandel vineyards, since 1982, so we decided to experiment with grafting old …
Dry Creek Vineyard , founded in 1972 by David Stare, is located in the heart of Dry Creek Valley just outside of Healdsburg, California. Today, Dry Creek Vineyard is run by David's daughter Kim Stare Wallace and her husband Don. Well-known for their Fumé Blancs and Zinfandels, Dry Creek Vineyard also produces a number of other excellent wines including their signature Meritage red blend called The Mariner.
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Dry Creek Vineyard , founded in 1972 by David Stare, is located in the heart of Dry Creek Valley just outside of Healdsburg, California. Well-known for their Fumé Blancs and Zinfandels, Dry Creek Vineyard also produces a number of other good wines. Today, Dry Creek Vineyard is run by David's daughter Kim Stare Wallace and her husband Don.
We recently had the opportunity to taste three wines from Dry Creek Vineyard in a blind samples tasting , …
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Dry Creek Vineyard , founded in 1972 by David Stare, is located in the heart of Dry Creek Valley just outside of Healdsburg, California. Producers of a number of very good wines, Dry Creek Vineyard is a self-proclaimed " Zinfandel Specialist" and justifiably so. They produce more Zinfandel than anything else, five different bottlings in fact. Today, Dry Creek Vineyard is run by David's daughter Kim Stare Wallace and her husband Don.
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Dry Creek Vineyard , founded in 1972 by David Stare, is located in the heart of Dry Creek Valley just outside of Healdsburg, California. Well-known for their Fumé Blancs and Zinfandels, Dry Creek Vineyard also produces a number of other good wines. And best of all, their wines deliver serious bang-for-your-buck. "A great wine at a fair price" was founder David Stare's mantra, and the family continues to uphold this philosophy. Today, Dry Creek Vineyard…
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