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 Welcome
to our website
Fred
and Alberta Zmarzly, owners of Albertina Wine Cellars and
Zmarzly Family Vineyards, hope that you enjoy browsing through
this website. Information on the vineyard, winery and the
wine being produced is presented so that you may become more
familiar with the wines.
Vintage 2004 Wines Released
On August
1, 2007, Albertina Wine Cellars announced the release of 2
Vintage 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon wines:
- Vintage
2004 Waddington Ranch Vineyards (100% Cabernet)
- Vintage
2004 Reserve, Zmarzly Family Vineyards, our first estate-bottled
wine (also 100% Cabernet)
Both
wines were aged in French, Hungarian and American oak for
20 months, and bottle-aged for 11 months, as of August 1.
The Waddington Ranch Vineyards 2004 wine came from the same
vineyard and the same rows as the well-received Vintage 2003
wine. The 2004 exhibits fruit-forward blackberry tastes and
soft tannins.
The Zmarzly
Family Vineyards 2004 wine came from Block B in our vineyard,
and offers unusual fruity palate delights with soft chewable
tannins and great mouth-feel. We are sure you are going to
enjoy this wine! The wine recently won a Silver Medal at the
Mendocino County Wine Competition held in the summer of 2007.
Vintage
2002 Sold Out
We have sold out of our inventory of the Vintage 2002
Cabernet Sauvignon wine. The wine was well received by our
customers, wine merchants and restaurant owners.
The Vintage 2003 continues to sell briskly. Vintage 2004 Waddington
Ranch Vineyards and 2004 Zmarzly Family Vineyards (our first
estate-bottling) 100% Cabernet Sauvignon will be released
in the Summer of 2007.
Picnic
in the Vineyard
You are invited to have a picnic in our vineyard during
designated weekend dates in May, June, July, August and September
2007. You bring your picnic, and we'll supply the wines and
refreshments. Have your picnic in the middle of our vineyard
on an oak-studded knoll, with 25 mile views of the surrounding
mountains and valley floor below. Place your reservations
by looking up the scheduled dates on the Calendar of the Mendo
Website www.goMendo.com.
Reservations are required at least 5 days ahead.
Wine
Spectator Rating- 85
The
November 15, 2005 issue of Wine Spectator rated hundreds of
California Cabernet Sauvignon wines. Albertina Wine Cellars
2002 100% Cabernet Sauvignon Waddington Ranch Vineyards received
an 85
rating. Any rating between 85 and 90 is considered a "very good"
wine. The Wine Spectator description of the wine can be found
on-line and reads as follows: "Ripe, with sweet blackberry and
fresh sage flavors framed by toasty oak and round tannins. Drink
now through 2008. 478 cases made." It is well known that Wine
Spectator and their senior editor James Laube, who does all
the Cab tasting for the magazine, favors Napa Cabernet. We at
Albertina Wine Cellars feel particularly proud of our 85 rating.
The very famous Napa wine, 2002 Opus One, received a rating
of 86 but sells for $170 per bottle. Other famous Napa Valley
wines received ratings at or near 85 but sell for several times
Albertina's price of $26.50 per bottle. It looks like we are
in good company with the Napa Cabs but offer our customers more
value.
Personal
Guarantee from the owner
"If
you have not yet tasted Albertina's 100% Vintage 2002 Cabernet,
I offer you a money-back guarantee. If you buy a bottle of Vintage
2002 Cabernet Sauvignon Waddington Ranch Vineyards for tasting,
and don't agree that it is delicious, fruity with soft tannins,
and very drinkable, I will fully refund your money, including
shipping charges."
Awards
Albertina
Wine Cellars entered the 2006 Mendocino County Wine Competition.
Judging was conducted on August 18, 2006. We were just notified
that our Vintage 2002 100% Cabernet Sauvignon won a Silver
medal, and our Vintage 2003 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
won a Bronze medal ! We are very
happy with the judges decisions.
In January 2006, Albertina Wine Cellars entered the San Francisco
Chronicle Wine Competition and won a Bronze Medal. In February
2006, Albertina Wine Cellars was invited to pour the Vintage
2002 100% Cabernet Sauvignon to attendees of the SF Chronicle
Tasting Event at FT. Mason, San Francisco. About 3000 people
attended the event.
Restaurants
and Shops
Albertina
Wine Cellars Vintage 2002 100% Cabernet Sauvignon is now being
sold at the following restaurants and retail shops:
- Zin
Restaurant, Healdsburg, CA
- Langley’s
on the Green Restaurant, Windsor, CA
- Equis
Restaurant, Santa Rosa, CA
- Santa
Rosa Golf and Country Club, Santa Rosa, CA
- The
Wine Garage, Calistoga, CA
- Browns
Valley Market, Napa, CA
- Hopland
Superette, Hopland, CA
- Joseph
George Fine Wines, San Jose, CA
- Guidas
and Vines- Montrose, CA
- Golden
Gate Wine Co.- Hong Kong
Located in beautiful Hopland in the heart of Mendocino County
Hopland is in Southern Mendocino County, about 15 miles north
of the Sonoma-Mendocino County line. It is an agricultural
area with wine grapes the main crop. The town has a number
of antique shops, restaurants, tasting rooms and one historic
hotel. Hopland is about a 45 minute drive from Santa Rosa,
CA on Highway 101, making it ideal for weekend getaways.
The Zmarzly Family Vineyards are in the hills 4 miles west
of the town of Hopland, on a small county road. The high elevation
(1250 to 1600 feet) offers a chance to see 25 mile views of
the hills, valleys and nearby mountain ranges. The views are
thrilling, especially the one from the knoll, a tree-studded
hill within the vineyard.
Mendocino County is rural, sparsely populated, with spectacular
views and very little traffic. Most of the wineries in Mendocino
County are located along one of two corridors. Route 128 goes
through Yorkville and Anderson Valley on its way to the Pacific
Coast. Highway 101 traces north-to-south, with many wineries
located from Hopland to Redwood Valley, just north of Ukiah.
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