By "The Sipping Savant"In the Wine Country, hoisting a wine class for a toast as simple as "Cheers" is a regular occurrence, but at one Livermore Winery you almost feel as though that should be the name of the winery too!
Carl & Cherie Lyle built a great
story and now a winery, Deer Ridge; and it feels like they built it just for
their friends. Almost everyone that works there is a friend or neighbor
with 'day jobs' that aren't as much fun as helping people
learn and enjoy wine. The Art Gallery artists are friends and the Musicians
that play for them are their friends. The Artists and Musicians bring
their friends, and the 'circle' grows. The party in the
tasting room is every day, as they all share Carl & Cherie's wines
with their 'friends' fiends'. Most of the Winery Club
members prefer to visit to pick up their "refills" instead of
receiving shipments because of the great atmosphere their winery
embodies.... Sort of 'casual Country Club style elegance.
In between all the meeting &
greeting is their wonderful 'family of wines'. Carl is
unpretentious in his approach to the winemaking art he secured his 4h ...
or 5th University Degree for. He happy to bring fruit directly
from the front vineyard of their 30 acres or truck it down the
treacherous Oakville Grade on the Mayacamas Mountains separating Napa and
Sonoma Valleys ... either turn out to be incredibly enjoyable and
affordable. Of course I tried and enjoyed all of their wines, but I am now a
fanatic for their Livermore Zinfandel.
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