Tiera Wines Featured in this Month's Gold Wine Club
The Teira 2008 Dry Creek Valley Estate Grown Sauvignon Blanc and Teira 2006 Sonoma County Zinfandel are two excellent wines that have been named 'best value' by several wine publications. Gold Medal Wine Club is pleased to offer Tiera wines as this month's Gold Wine Club selection.
Teira Winery, located in the Dry Creek Valley area of Sonoma County, was started in 2001 by husband and wife team Dan Donahoe and Alexis Woods. Alexis is the daughter of Frank Woods, founder of Clos du Bois Winery. Woods saved one 120 acre parcel of land upon selling Clos du Bois which now produces the fruit for Teira wines. Their intention is to remain small, with a goal of producing just 10,000 cases per year. This year they will probably peak at about 6000. They produce all the wine themselves.
Dan fell in love with wine and food as a freshman in college after having dinner with his grandmother's closest childhood friend-non other than Julia Child. They were of course, treated like royalty and offered the best dishes with exquisite wines. He had an epiphany at that meal and vowed never to take food or wine for granted again! After a successful career in business, with the help of Alexis, he finally became part of the wine producing business. He and Alexis love raising their girls on the vineyard and turning people on to wines. Their mission is to produce really good wines at an accessible price point. Given that previous vintages have received 90 points and the 2007 Sauvignon Blanc earned the distinction of 'The Top Ten Values of the Year', they seem to have achieved their goal.
The 2008 Sauvignon Blanc comes from Woods Vineyards grapes that are farmed sustainably and organically and was named "A Top Sonoma Sauvignon Blanc" by the San Francisco Chronicle. The 2006 Zinfandel has been nominated in the American Wine Awards for Food and Wine Magazine for it's balance and elegance.
We hope you enjoy this month's wine club selections. Remember, you can always reorder the Teira Sauvignon Blanc, Teira Zinfandel, or many of our previous wine club selections from our wine store.
As always, let us know what you think!