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If you missed out last year, or are a returning Winemaking Club member, we have good news! We've contacted our vineyard in California, and they are on schedule for another great harvest! Sellai Vineyards is a fourth generation grape growing family from the Tuscany region of Italy, and they will be our source for Red Zinfandel grapes this harvest! Red Zinfandel, better known as Primitivo in Italy, is a great food wine and very easy to drink.

Here is a description of Central Valley Zinfandel from www.zinfandel.org:

Winemakers have described the aromas of Central Valley Zinfandel as showing notes of spicy cherry liqueur, pie cherries, clove and nutmeg; the most common flavor descriptors are ripe blueberries, cranberry, dried plum, toasted almond and pepper. Central Valley wines tend toward soft, low tannins.

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On Saturday March 13th, around 30 members of the IHSI Winemaking Club met to bottle its first vintage at the home of Scott Westphal and Carol Morotti in Rocky Ripple. The bottling was the culmination of a process that began in September when the grapes arrived from California. From the grape crush and fermentation to aging in oak barrels, racking the barrel (transferring clarified wine from one barrel to a new one), aging some more, and finally bottling, the winemaking Club members participated in all stages of the process.

After the final votes were tallied, we have a winner for label of the IHSI's inaugural Winemaking Club 2009 vintage!

With 33% of the total votes, congratulations to Corrie Quinn, the designer of this year's label!

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