Woodworth Vineyards to pour the Pinot Noir in Old Town Temecula
Woodworth Vineyards to pour the Pinot Noir in Old Town Temecula
For those looking to taste this local flavor, from 4 – 7 p.m. on June 19, the Woodworth’s will pour their Pinot Noir and their other wines at The Collective in Old Town Temecula.
By Toni McAllister, SWRNN
Monday, June 14, 2010
Woodworth Vineyards in DeLuz (shown) has cool evenings and morning fog, coupled with sunny warm days. The weather variance creates a perfect grape growing balance of daytime growth and nighttime rest. Woodworth Vineyards may be small, but the micro-winery in the De Luz hills west of Temecula is thinking big.
In 2000, Marlene and Gary Woodworth purchased 45 acres in De Luz for their winemaking operation, and this month they will release a 2008 Pinot Noir from grapes grown on their property. “In general Southern California is too hot to grow Pinot Noir,” Marlene said. ”But we’re blessed with a great micro-climate here in De Luz that gives us warm days but very cool nights coupled with coastal fog in the mornings, a good combination for Pinot.”
According to the Woodworth’s, DeLuz’s “cool evenings and morning fog, coupled with sunny warm days, create a perfect grape growing balance of daytime growth and nighttime rest. Visiting the vineyards is like a visit to Northern Italy, complete with vistas of rolling hills, mist rolling in from the coast and vivid blue skies. [It’s] the ideal environment for the production of ‘Old World’ style wines, hand crafted to be food friendly while retaining the fruit expression.”
The Woodworth’s said their 2008 Pinot Noir has “notes of bright cherry and little bit of spice, followed by a big berry taste accentuated by soft tannins and a lingering finish with smoky hints of tobacco.”
For those looking to taste this local flavor, from 4 – 7 p.m. on June 19, the Woodworth’s will pour their Pinot Noir and their other wines at The Collective in Old Town Temecula, an intimate two-story tasting room at 28544 Front Street.
During the event, the couple also will give wine lovers a chance to taste from the barrel, and will discuss what makes Pinot Noir vineyards so novel.
“What makes this wine so special is that the grape is hard to grow in hot climates and is susceptible to a wide range of diseases and frost,” Gary said. “Not only that, it’s a hard grape to make into wine.”
For more information about the Woodworth’s visit to The Collective, visit www.tvwinecollective.com.
Toni McAllister is SWRNN’s lifestyles editor. She can be reached at toni.mcallister@yahoo.com or 951-234-0704.
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