Good First Ink! or, How I love Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar Today!

For all of you who are not massive cork-dorks like me and look at Stephen Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar the moment it comes out, I am pleased to report that Bedrock Wine Company got a nice mention– what I hope to be the first of many in trade journals! In the lead-up to his reviews of the 2006 Ravenswood Wines, Josh Raynolds notes

“Incidentally, Peterson’s son Morgan has begun a new winemaking project with his father called Bedrock Wine Company, and the 2007 barrel samples he presented to me showed very good promise in a distinctly elegant style.”

For the record, and so my dad does not get fired, Bedrock Wine Company is, for better or worse, all mine– I take complete financial and artistic blame.

That I randomly showed up at the appointed hour that Josh was going to be at Ravenswood with some fresh barrel samples just happens to be a matter of luck!

I am pleased that Josh liked the wines– I poured him the 2007 Bedrock Heirloom Wine, Lorenzo Heirloom Wine, Rebecca’s Pinot Noir, and the Kick Ranch Syrah. Most importantly, he described the wines as “distinctly elegant” something that I am certainly going for!

I did not pour him the Cabernet and Old Lakeville because they are so young that I cannot even evaluate them particularly well– much less a critic who is busy tasting 2005 and 2006 wines that are showing a lot more polish.

In any case, for a young little winery this is good news. Bubbles will be consumed tonight!