Ravenswood Tasting Room to Close

Really surprised to see this.

“Constellation retained Ravenswood’s 12-acre eastside property and its tasting room. And earlier this month, employees of the tasting room say they were informed that they are being let go as of May 15.”

I loved going to Ravenswood in the 90’s when Joel still was the owner. I recall they used to fire up the barbecue on the back deck and you could buy some grilled meat to pair with your Zin. I never missed the svd release party. I liked going a little less after Constellation bought the winery in 2001 but still stopped in periodically. It now appears with the sale to Gallo that the tasting room is just going to close.

All the more reason to support Once & Future and Bedrock but still a little sad to me nonetheless.

Tom

There’s already an existing thread on this.