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Chateau Julien Wine Estate
Family owned and operated since 1982, Chateau Julien Wine Estate produces Estate grown wines from the soils of Monterey County. Through daily wine tasting, estate tours and a selection of unique events, the winery continually shares its passion for wine and hospitality. For more information on the Estate, please visit us at www.chateaujulien.com or contact us at info@chateaujulien.com
Wine Tasting - The Sense of Smell
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recommendations • winemakers • events • wineries Grady Wann / Quivira
A combination of destiny and good judgement brought Grady to the wine business and ultimately to Quivira. Born and raised on the East Coast, he came to California in the mid 1970's to earn a Ph.D. in organic chemistry at Stanford University. In his free time, Grady explored the nearby wine country, discovering the wines of Chalone, Mt. Eden and Ridge Vineyards. "The Ridge Zinfandels really captured my interest." By the time he had his doctorate degree, Grady's professional interest had shifted from chemistry to viticulture and enology. In 1982, Grady moved north to Sonoma County, where he gained hands-on harvest experience while taking classes at U.C. Davis. "At first it was difficult to get a crush job; no one thought a Ph.D. chemist would be willing to wash barrels." But he did wash barrels and tanks and anything else required, asking more and more questions along the way. At U.C. Davis, Grady studied viticulture
and enology while making contacts in the wine industry. He met
and worked briefly for MaryAnn Graf at Vinquiry, an independent
wine analysis and consulting firm. He left Vinquiry to become
research enologist with Sonoma Cutrer's winemaking team in 1983.
"My job was to explore and track the effects of viticultural
practices and winemaking techniques on finished wines. I learned
a great deal about the vine-to-wine cycle." Limited to producing
Chardonnay at Sonoma Cutrer, Grady made red wines at home, filling
his garage with fermenting, blending and aging experiments. Inspired by experience and his educated intuition, Grady regularly assesses Quivira's viticultural and winemaking practices and continuously takes Quivira to new levels of excellence. "We have all the ingredients here to create distinctive, brightly flavored wines. Each vintage brings us new opportunities to learn." On any given day at Quivira, Grady
can be found inspecting vineyards, conducting wine blending trials,
filling barrels, writing witty sonnets, mapping treasure hunts
for visiting sales teams, constructing a "stage set"
for a special event, or quietly savoring a picnic with his wife
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