Blaufrankisch is a wine with ancestry in Eastern Europe in what is present day Slovenia. How it got to Southern California is another story.

Spring came late to both Eastern Washington and the Sierra Foothills where I source my grapes. During the unseasonably cool spring, predictions were that harvest of some of the late ripening varietals would stretch well into November. In San Diego while preparing for a late and extended harvest, the sugar and pH of my Washington... View Article