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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Idyllwild man creates award-winning wines

By DIANE A. RHODES
Special to The Press-Enterprise

Mixing scientific method with personal taste, winemaker Chris Johnston experiments with fruit fermentation at his Middle Ridge Road home in Idyllwild.

“My wife calls it the Innovation Lab — I call it my sanctuary,” said Johnston. “It all starts here. I’ve put my old college chemistry class instruction to good use.”

Since moving into their custom-built home in 2005, Johnston has worked to find the perfect fruit fusions that will excite his palette.

“It was ’07 before it was decent enough to win awards,” said Johnston, who has many first-place ribbons for his homemade boutique wines. The Middle Ridge 2006 Syrah and 2008 Pinot Grigio were judged as being among the best wines in the Temecula Valley and Cucamonga wine regions by a panel of wine critics and aficionados.

“I buy my own fruit so I get to work directly with the growers and see what their growing practices are,” he said. “I want people to appreciate the care I put into this.”

According to Johnston, home wineries are allowed to produce 200 gallons a year and even though he doesn’t reach those amounts, he still goes to a winemaking facility in Temecula to process and bottle his successful experiments.

As a client of the Temecula Valley Winery Management, Johnston makes good use of its wine production facility to generate 1,250 cases in 2009 and about 1,600 this year. The company was created for wineries that don’t have their own vineyards or production facilities, so it was a perfect pairing for Johnston.

“This is the perfume that makes me happy,” he said, as he poured some zinfandel into a wine glass. “To me, it’s a fun hobby that’s out of control.”

Johnston still has his day job as a computer network consultant but makes wine every chance he gets. He uses technology to track results of each acid trial with a spreadsheet program on his laptop.

As a youth, Johnston attended the summer arts program at Idyllwild Arts Academy, located down the street from his current home.

“My original goal was to be a concert violinist,” he said. “I still play with the Cypress Pops, which makes my mom happy.”

While refining each wine, Johnston often envisions the occasion where it will be served. A summer afternoon by the pool, a picnic in the park, reflection time in front of a roaring fireplace or a friendly get-together with friends all flash through his mind while he samples and sharpens his wine. He seems more interested in pairing his wines with conversation and special moments than with food.

“A bottle of wine always seems to start a conversation,” he said.

Information, www.middleridge.com

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Temecula Valley Winery Management’s Wines Named Among the Best

Temecula, Calif., (March 30, 2010) – Youth and size it seems are no barrier to success in the wine business.

Seven wines from four boutique wineries created with the help of Temecula Valley Winery Management recently were judged to be among the best in Southern California.

Wines from Middle Ridge Winery, Fazeli Cellars, Atwood Estate Winery and Woodworth Estate Wines were included in a listing of the best wines in Temecula Valley and Cucamonga wine regions, according to a panel of wine critics and aficionados assembled by Inland Empire magazine.

The wines from the four micro-wineries were created with the assistance of Temecula Valley Winery Management, a full-service winery management company that has dramatically lowered the cost of entry into the wine business. “It’s an honor to be named along with wineries that have been around for decades,” said Patrick Bartlett, executive director of Temecula Valley
Winery Management, whose Virtual Vineyard to Vendor facility in Temecula allows small winemakers and growers to create and market their own boutique wines. “But the recognition is even more remarkable given that many of our winning wineries have been operating only for about a year.”

Wines from TVWM singled out in the April 2010 edition of Inland Empire magazine include:

• Middle Ridge 2008 Pinot Grigio ($21)
• Middle Ridge 2006 Syrah ($28)
• Fazeli Cellars 2008 Noorooz ($18)
• Fazeli Cellars 2006 Yalda ($34)
• Atwood Estate Winery 2006 Syrah ($26)
• Woodworth Estate Wines 2008 Golden Maggie ($17)
• Woodworth Estate Wines 2006 Black Dog ($24)

The wines are available at selected restaurants throughout Southern California and through The Collective, an intimate two-story tasting room at 28544 Front Street in Temecula that features a spectacular up-lit onyx wine bar and cozy bench seating for patrons.

Wine lovers can sample six different wines for $12 as part of a balanced tasting of red and white wines that changes each week. Glasses and bottles of wine for less than $30 are also available as are small plates of gourmet food from the neighboring Edge restaurant.

A little more than two years after opening its doors, Temecula Valley Winery Management already has helped dozens of clients realize the dream of starting their own wineries at a fraction what it would cost to build a winery from scratch.

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Company cuts costs, winemaking hurdles

http://www.myvalleynews.com/story/45828/

Friday, February 26^th, 2010.
Issue 08, Volume 14.

TEMECULA – Wine lovers can create their own vino at a fraction of the usual cost of becoming a vintner under a new program announced last week by a hybrid production, packaging and marketing company.

The “Buy the Barrel” program allows winemakers to avoid having to grow and crush grapes. Instead, they choose from nine available red wine varieties that they can purchase and mix into their own proprietary libation to start a business or create a private label, said Patrick Bartlett, Temecula Valley Winery Management executive director.

“For many with a vision for launching a label, conventional methods of starting a winery are too time-consuming and cost prohibitive,” Bartlett noted.

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Budding winemakers can chose from nine varieties – cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc, merlot, syrah, grenache, zinfandel, mourvedre, cinsault and petite sirah – and work with TVWM staff to blend the flavors into a proprietary wine that can be produced and sold at The Collective, a two-story tasting lounge in Old Town Temecula that specializes in handmade boutique wines.

The company also has a 33,000-square-foot Virtual Vineyard to Vendor facility on Diaz Road in Temecula that allows small winemakers and growers to create and market their own wines.

Temecula Valley Winery Management helping clients with boutique wines

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TEMECULA, Calif., Feb. 19, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Temecula Valley Winery Management has helped multiple clients start their own wineries and to make, bottle and sell their own boutique wines.

Now the only true winery management company in Southern California has made getting into the wine business even easier.

Through its newly created Buy the Barrel program, wine enthusiasts and aspiring winemakers can purchase red wine by the barrel and create their own wine at a fraction of the cost and time it typically takes.

“For many with a vision for launching a label, conventional methods of starting a winery are too time consuming and cost prohibitive,” explains Patrick Bartlett, TVWM executive director. “This exciting program cuts to the chase.”

Choose from nine red varietals to jump start your own wine business or create your own private label for personal consumption for as little as $15 a bottle.

It’s as simple as picking from a barrel inventory that includes Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, Grenache, Zinfandel, Cabernet Franc, Mourvedre, Cinsault and Petite Sirah and working with Temecula Valley Winery Management staff, which provides licensing support, brand development, label and marketing collateral design,  ecommerce assistance and wine club development and support.

These handcrafted, custom wines also can be marketed at The Collective, a two-story tasting lounge in Old Town Temecula that specializes in one of a kind, handmade boutique wines.

TVWM’s Virtual Vineyard to Vendor facility on Diaz Road in Temecula allows small winemakers and growers to create and market their own boutique wines. The 33,000-square-foot facility operates as a fully bonded winery host facility and provides a secured space for multiple winemakers to process their own grapes and produce their own wines under the guidance of award-winning consulting winemaker Tim Kramer.

To learn more about the Buy the Barrel program, go to http://buythebarrel.net or call (951) 699-8896, ext. 12.

CONTACT: Temecula Valley Winery Management
         Patrick Bartlett, executive director
         (951) 699-TVWM (8896)
         patrick@tvwinerymanagement.com