Our Wines – Le Vigne: In Depth

Summer is Coming

Many people view Memorial Day weekend as the beginning of Summer, but it truly does not start till June 21st. With that said I feel like Summer has arrived. The days are long with bright sun and a cool breeze at night, the perfect time to go wine tasting during the day and finish the…

Barrel Select Wines

By Assistant Winemaker, Anthony Gallegos May is an exciting time for us at Le Vigne Winery as we have just bottled our Barrel Select Viognier and Chardonnay! A lot of work goes on behind the scenes with these wines from the moment the grapes are picked to the moment they go into the bottle. Our…

Insight to the Cellar

When wine is discussed the topics that come up are where are the vineyards, who is the winemaker, what is the microclimate, or what is the meaning of the picture on the bottle. We never really take about the cellar and what it takes to get the grapes from harvest to the bottle, and your…

Harvest Review and Nouveau

Here at Le Vigne, we are getting bundled up and cozy for the winter and the wines and vines are no exception. With the completion of harvest, the vines are settling into dormancy after a bountiful 2021 vintage. The wines from this vintage are each finished with primary fermentation. Most are getting through malolactic fermentation…

Bubbles!

Bubbles! By Enologist Michelle Zentmyer Moss “And what if we’re just bubbles in a dream Dreaming up more bubbles as we breathe…” Bubbles…by Akira Chinen There is something so uplifting about drinking sparkling wine. This type of wine is often used to celebrate an achievement, birthday, milestone and many other occasions. It is my pleasure…

The Most Complex of Simple Questions

In the tasting room, one of the most common questions asked to the attendants is “Which wine is your favorite?” If you are the questioner, you many notice that the recipient of this question pauses, looks up in a sort of “thinking” gesture and possibly lets out a quick “hmmmm”. In the span of approximately ten seconds, the questionee attempts to rescue the answer from a gyre of possibilities, swirling around a seemingly endless ocean of additional questions.

Chardonnay all day…and all year!

Le Vigne Barrel Select Chardonnay paired with Italian Sausage and Blue Cheese-Stuffed Mushrooms.

Nikiara

The harvest season is well underway and what better way to celebrate than to open a bottle of your favorite wine? At Le Vigne Winery, that often means popping the cork on a Nikiara, our Bordeaux-style blend. For this month’s blog post, we decided to take a close look as to what makes this wine…