Sanger Family Wine Blog
Welcome to The Sanger Family of Wines Blog
Our blog is a place to bring you closer to the heart of The Sanger Family of Wines. Here, you’ll find insights into our winemaking journey, from the artistry behind Consilience, Tre Anelli, and Marianello wines to tips on food pairings and seasonal events in Santa Barbara Wine Country.
We created this space to share our passion for the Santa Ynez lifestyle and invite you to explore our wines from vineyard to glass. Whether visiting our Solvang tasting room or reading from afar, we hope these stories deepen your connection with our wines.
Return of Zinfandel
For those of you who have been long time Consilience wine club members, or purchasers of Consilience wines over the years, then you know of our Rhodes Vineyard Zinfandel from the Redwood Valley of Mendocino County. We produced this wine for 10 years between the 1998 and 2007 harvest years. However, due to a change in contractual obligations, the owners of the vineyard had to stop selling the grapes to us after the 2007 harvest.
Eventually those contracts expired and the Rhodes Family reached out to us prior to the harvest of 2021 and asked if we would be interested in purchasing their Zinfandel grapes again. We jumped at the opportunity and have produced this wine for the first time in 14 years. It is a big, jammy, and flavor packed version of Zinfandel that should be reminiscent of the fabulous Rhodes Vineyard Zinfandels we made in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s. We hope you enjoy this new Zinfandel release, and the tasting trip down memory lane, as much as we have.
Brett Escalera, Winemaker
Mar 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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