Used to ride my Harley up there between NC & Grass Valley. More weed than Zin there these days.
Love the bottle photo & notes.
Used to ride my Harley up there between NC & Grass Valley. More weed than Zin there these days.
Love the bottle photo & notes.
Agree with Brig! Appreciate your research as always Drew and hope things are well!
Just got this e-mail from Bill:
What is the BW number on bottle? Produced and bottled or Cellared and Bottled?
I think Norskog had wine made or bought bulk juice from Santino.
Also, Mark Foster came to Madrona from Bargetto.
Bill
Thanks Tom! I tossed the bottle a long time ago so Iām unfortunately unable to answer the question, but really cool feedback!
Really appreciate you looking into it!
Tom, hereās the Bonded Winery number, according to a 1988 ATF roster.
Internet Archive
[u]Bonded Wineries and Bonded Wine Cellars Authorized to Operate[/u]
ATF P 5120.1 (11/88)
Text Search: āNevadaā
āBW CA 5063
Nevada City Winery
Nevada Cityā
I might be wrong, but Tony Norskog started a publication for winemakers called Practical Winery. He sold it to Don Neel, who ran it for over thirty years, and moved up to the hills.
As I recall, Tony made that wine with planks in the tank.
My man! Canāt thank you enough for your relentless research! You add so much value to this board and its very much appreciated
So I randomly found a bottle of 1991 Nevada City Winery Zin at auction, and with this thread being revived, prob as good a time as any to pop it. Super high bar set by the 1980 (which is still damn surprising), but Iāll give it a shot tomorrow and see how it shakes out.
Iām sure that everyone has been on the edge of their seat waiting for an update on the 91, but i did want to report that it was, sadly, completely shot. Just a pitiful watery brown color and undrinkable on the palate (literally couldnāt even swallow a sip). Prob how the 1980 should have been, but sometimes the wine Gods smile down upon you when they really shouldnāt
If I recall correctly, Nevada City Winery was started by Alan Haley.
Alan was a practicing attorney in Honolulu but had a real passion for wine. Moved to Nevada City and started making wine.
Early on, a few of us winos who knew Alan bought a case of cab. Nothing outstanding about the wine but seemed to be well made.