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  • Weather

    10° C Mist
  • Time

    02:59 AM
  • Wine average?

    93 Tb
  • Country Ranking?

    102
  • Region Ranking?

    1
  • Popularity ranking?

    114

History

The history of Ridge Vineyards begins in 1885, when Osea Perrone, a doctor who became a prominent member of San Francisco's Italian community, bought 180 acres near the top of Monte Bello Ridge.

He terraced the slopes and planted vineyards; using native limestone, he constructed the Monte Bello Winery, producing the first vintage under that name in 1892. This unique cellar, built into the mountainside on three levels, is Ridge's production ...

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Vineyards

INDUSTRIAL WINE Jancis Robinson, one of the UK's foremost wine critics, has said that over 90% of the wine produced in the world today is "industrial." Taking off from that statement, our winemaking at Ridge for the last fifty years can best be described as "pre-industrial." In 1933, after thirteen years of Prohibition, there was only a handful of winemakers trained in pre-Prohibition traditional techniques who were young enough to come back t...

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Winemaking

WINEMAKING Our winemaking philosophy includes fermenting entirely with native yeasts from the vineyard, rather than cultured yeast strains; extracting color, flavor, and tannins from the grapes without use of commercial enzymes; determining - by tasting for tannin extraction during fermentation how long to continue pump-overs; allowing malolactic fermentation to occur naturally, without inoculation; achieving wine clarity through settling and ...

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18 different wines with 109 vintages

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