Your favorite Cali Wineries... that are gone now?

[JA_Miller]

Matanzas Creek with Merry Edwards. I know that it still exists as part of Jackson Family Wines, but in name only.

Merry Edwards isn’t part of KJ…they were bought by Roederer, and have been able to remain fairly independent according to their head winemaker…bravo! Matanzas, on the other hand, has had their ups and downs…

[John_Oglesby]

Reverie…

I get to work with a few tons of that amazing Cab Franc. Stellar stuff.

[M.Kaplan]

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[Thomas_Keim]

Matanzas Creek with Merry Edwards. I know that it still exists as part of Jackson Family Wines, but in name only.

Merry Edwards isn’t part of KJ…they were bought by Roederer, and have been able to remain fairly independent according to their head winemaker…bravo! Matanzas, on the other hand, has had their ups and downs…

I think you misread the op and my response. The question was “what are your favorite California wineries that are now gone?”

My answer was, Matanzas Creek when Merry Edward’s was the winemaker was one of my favorite wineries and it no longer exists except as part of Jackson Family Wines.

Those are correct statements of fact.

Absolutely. KJ’s had the Matanzas Creek label for years. And I also miss those wonderful Chardonnays and Merlot’s from the ‘Edwards era’ Matanzas Creek Winery. At a time when California was exploding with Oaky Chardonnay, those Matanzas Creek bottlings were quite restrained compared to the masses back then.

[Chuck_Schmeling]

Clos Pepe wine from SRH area in Socal. Remember sitting on his porch with Wes Hagen in summer of 2008 trying his 05 pinot. Really nice wine and Wes gave us a great tour of the estate.

[Marlon_F]

Kitchak

I sampled that at their first release party in Minneapolis and tried other vintages. Outstanding wines and in my opinion priced right. Marketing probably did them in as you need to get reviews from WS, etc. to get the word out. I thought they would score very well and advised them to send in some samples. It is hard to compete if the word does not get out.

+1 for Kitchak Cellars… I have been getting some from auction; Last week (no dry January here…) I opened a 2006 Adagio and it was gorgeous. The 2011 Adagio is a great wine (one day I wrote to the email on the website to see if I could find some leftover and Mr. Kitchak answered. He was very nice and said that Adagio was a success because of: careful work in the vineyard, low amount of irrigation, careful sorting of grapes - 20 people on sorting line, extended maceration.)

[John_Glas]

Kitchak

I sampled that at their first release party in Minneapolis and tried other vintages. Outstanding wines and in my opinion priced right. Marketing probably did them in as you need to get reviews from WS, etc. to get the word out. I thought they would score very well and advised them to send in some samples. It is hard to compete if the word does not get out.

+1 for Kitchak Cellars… I have been getting some from auction; Last week (no dry January here…) I opened a 2006 Adagio and it was gorgeous. The 2011 Adagio is a great wine (one day I wrote to the email on the website to see if I could find some leftover and Mr. Kitchak answered. He was very nice and said that Adagio was a success because of: careful work in the vineyard, low amount of irrigation, careful sorting of grapes - 20 people on sorting line, extended maceration.)

Do you know what happened on their closing? Honestly prices were very fair for the quality of wines they were making.

[Marlon_F]

I sampled that at their first release party in Minneapolis and tried other vintages. Outstanding wines and in my opinion priced right. Marketing probably did them in as you need to get reviews from WS, etc. to get the word out. I thought they would score very well and advised them to send in some samples. It is hard to compete if the word does not get out.

+1 for Kitchak Cellars… I have been getting some from auction; Last week (no dry January here…) I opened a 2006 Adagio and it was gorgeous. The 2011 Adagio is a great wine (one day I wrote to the email on the website to see if I could find some leftover and Mr. Kitchak answered. He was very nice and said that Adagio was a success because of: careful work in the vineyard, low amount of irrigation, careful sorting of grapes - 20 people on sorting line, extended maceration.)

Do you know what happened on their closing? Honestly prices were very fair for the quality of wines they were making.

I don’t know… just what I read on the news that it was sold to the Krupp Brothers.

[Jason_Chow]

August Ridge in Paso. They had a wonderful tasting room in downtown Santa Barbara. Still have 1/2 a case of reserve cabernet 2016.

[Jeffrey_Kahn]

Anyone remember Kahn on the Central Coast? No recollection as to how I discovered them, but I loved their wines for years. I still have two bottles of the 2000 Nebbiolo in the cellar I need to crack into - goal was to see how it aged in comparison to the motherland, guess it’s time to see!

I remember that winery for the obvious reason (although no relation). I still have an unopened bottle of something which I just keep for fun. I also used one of their bottles to scare my parents into thinking I had opened a winery, they were not amused.