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Honig Vineyard & Winery Going to the Dogs | Wine Country This Week Magazine Wineries, Wine Tasting, Wine Tasting Maps Wed, 07/25/2007Honig Vineyard & Winery Going to the DogsGoing to the Dogsby Richard Paul HinkleIt used to be that wineries would try to be all things to all people, making a dozen or more different wines, from the driest white to the sweetest cream sherry. The challenge had to drive winemakers bonkers (we don't get to use that word nearly often enough), and the format played against the reality of grape growing. Only a
few varieties can propitiously be grown on any given parcel of ground. Or, in other words, Chardonnay cannot be grown on the same plot as Cabernet Sauvignon (which requires almost two months longer to gain maturity).The folks at Honig fully grasp that Womens AIR JORDANS 10 essence. On a flat, graveled parcel on the Rutherford Cross Road - in the very heart of the Napa Valley - they hone their craft by focusing on the Sauvignons, Blanc and Cabernet. In that wisdom, winemaker Kristen Belair can exercise her skills on three wines: a dry Sauvignon Blanc, a Cabernet Sauvignon and an exquisite Late Harvest Sauvignon Blanc.Sauvignon Blanc is the winery's mainstay (three-quarters of the winery's 60,000-case production). Wisely, Belair employs a little Semillon to flesh out the Sauvignon Blanc, put a little meat on its bones, as it were. Taste the 2006 Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc ($16), with its hay and peach fruit and stony mineral underpinning. A great wine for any mussel or seafood dish you might like. Or the 2005 Rutherford Sauvignon Blanc ($22), with its racy grapefruit and graham oakiness. Think veal, or even pork. Both show the variety at its best, because it is grown where the variety can attain full flavor maturity.On the red side, there is the 2004 Napa Valley Cabernet ($35), a silky, fluid beauty that shows of cassis and smoky tobacco and cigar box accents. There is also the 2003 Bartolucci Vineyard Cabernet ($75), rich with cassis, black currant and a hint of dark chocolate in the finish.If you require dessert (and we Cheap Air Jordan Shoes Online know you do), the 2005 Late Harvest Sauvignon Blanc ($50/half) is gold in color and golden in expression, with full-throttled honey, grass, apricot and peach. "Actually, honig is the German word for 'honey,'" notes partner Regina Weinstein. "And we do have bee hives on the property, and do collect a little honey from them."The retail room is designed to have a homey look and feel, from the proudly framed photographs of employees to the large "kitchen" table where tasting is relaxed and comfortable. The way it is meant to be.The Honig family is big on sustainable farming, and they have even given over a third of an acre of prime vineland to solar panels sufficient to power the entire winery. If that weren't enough, president/managing partner Michael Honig is actively involved with the Assistance Dog Institute, training retriever "sniffer dogs" to identify the pheromones that indicate the presence of vine mealybugs (which threaten vine health). Honig is located at 850 Rutherford Road (1.1 mile east of Highway 29, then drive north through the vineyard and on past the double row of olive trees), Rutherford CA 94573. Phone 1-800-929-2217 or visit the website at . The tasting room is open, by appointment, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, and there are picnic tables with umbrellas on the tree-shaded patio. Tasting includes all five wines for a $10 fee (refunded with purchase).[Hinkle does extensive public relations writing. See him at RichardPaulHinkle.com.]The California Exposition and State Fair selected three individuals for the annual Lifetime Achievement Award. Jim Concannon, Jerry Lohr and Robert Gallo were chosen as the 2007 recipients based on their outstanding lifetime of contributions to the California wine industry.Having served Concannon Vineyard for more than 50 years, Jim Concannon is currently the ambassador representing the winery that his grandfather James Concannon established in 1883. In 2008, Concannon Vineyard will be celebrating 125 years of growing wine grapes and making wine.According the the California State Fair, Jim Concannon was chosen this year because, "His contribution to the wine business reaches back to the late 1960s when he acted in a leadership capacity to provide Cabernet Sauvignon root stock used in the development of what are now known as Clone 7, 8 and 11. This, in turn, advanced the opportunity for California Cabernets to lead the world in quality standards for this red wine grape. Concannon was the first to produce wine labeled as Petite Sirah in 1964 from a 1961 vintage, and led the nation in advocacy for Petite Sirah wine." Jim is also being recognized for his family's involvement as a founding member of the Wine Institute.The three winners were recognized for their work at the California Grape and Gourmet at Cal Expo on July 12.According to Jim Concannon, "The stature of the people who have received this award before me, and two gentlemen who share the stage with me this year, are all people of profound commitment and passion. I'm deeply honored to be indentified with such outstanding people. I gratefully accept this distinction, as it honors the Concannon family; my grandfather, father and brother, Joe, for their dedication, commitment and hard work for so many years. This is very humbling, and also very exciting. I'm so pleased that I'm the one in my family to witness Concannon Vineyard stepping into the spotlight, to take it's historical place as one of California's founding wineries."
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