07 Oct Vezer Family Vineyard
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" side_padding="0"][vc_column width="2/3" css=".vc_custom_1711320642741{padding-right: 10px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}"][vc_column_text] Vezer Family Vineyard [/vc_column_text][social_icons type="circle_social" icon="fa-facebook" use_custom_size="no" size="fa-lg" link="https://www.facebook.com/vezerfamilyvineyards" target="_blank" icon_color="#ffffff" background_color="#8b2b7a"][social_icons type="circle_social" icon="fa-instagram" use_custom_size="no" size="fa-lg" link="https://www.instagram.com/vezerfamilyvineyards" target="_blank" icon_color="#ffffff" background_color="#8b2b7a"][vc_column_text]2522 Mankas Corner Rd Fairfield, Ca. 94534 www.Vezer.com Owner: Frank Vezer Winemaker: Daniel Benton About: Vezer Family Vineyard is Frank Vezér’s family winery in Suisun Valley, a short drive east of Napa, where he started making wine in 2001 and released the first vintage in 2003. The estate is built around Petite Sirah and Zinfandel, led by La Salette, a Petite Sirah named for his mother. Guests taste small-lot, handcrafted wines at three properties: Mankas Gardens, the historic Blue Victorian, and the Estate Ranch. What is your favorite undiscovered grape? Charbono, it is the one almost nobody orders by name. California has only about 80 acres left, a holdover from old Napa plantings that never caught on, and it still shows up in small Suisun Valley lots, including ours at the Blue Victorian. It gives you deep color and a plummy, minty red that stays lighter and fresher than Petite Sirah, which is exactly why it stays under the radar. What was your first experience with an undiscovered grape? The first time I...