At the start of the Wine Bloggers Conference in Santa Rosa a couple of weeks ago we were treated to a picnic and tasting on a hill in the vineyard.  It was a special time and wonderful to taste wines from grapes grown all around our picnic and tasting site. It was also a reminder that good wines begin in the ground, not the tank.

We tasted the wines of a dozen vintners who source their grapes from Kick Ranch.  Check the Web site for more info.  I think this list is complete, or mostly so:

• Bedrock Wine Company
• Carica Wines
• Enkidu Wines
• Erna Schein
• Loxton Cellars
• Lynmar Winery
• Pax Wine Cellars
• Renard Wines
• Rosenblum Cellars
• Sanglier Cellars
• Silent Morning Cellars
• Shane Wines

Every one was a treat.  For an interesting tasting party try to pick up their Kick Ranch wines and do comparisons. The vineyard owner is interested in hosting events at the ranch.  I’ll notify Wine Questers if he schedules an event.

- jim