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In efforts to rid your cellars (and ours) of cork-tainted wine, the Cairdean winemaking team decided to sniff (or have personally sniffed) 15,600 corks for our upcoming bottling of our 2012 Sauvignon Blanc and Rosé Wine. We tend to write and talk a lot, in general, about how we toil in the vineyards to grow…

Veraison! It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Well, maybe not as wonderful as Christmas, but for winemakers, it’s a close second. For anyone who does not know, here is the fun stuff that Wikipedia has to say about it.  “Véraison is a viticulture (grape-growing) term meaning “the onset of ripening”. It is originally…

Cairdean Vineyards was recently awarded 11 medals and 2 Best of Class Awards at the Annual California State Fair Wine Competition! In honor of the event, we announce the new release of our just medaled 2010 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. We are very excited to announce that our 2010 Napa Valley Merlot was awarded a…