Sherry was my first wine obsession.

I first appreciated sherry in 2013 at an honorary tasting for the late A. Dinsmoor "Dinny" Webb, a longtime professor of Enology at UC Davis and sherry enthusiast. I delved deeper, started keeping Valdespino Fino Inocente in the fridge, and was able to try many of the benchmark examples due to its relative affordability for a college student. 

A few years later, I found myself farming many of California's historic, field-blended vineyards as the viticulturist for Bedrock Wine Co. I was especially drawn to the interplanted Palomino vines not only for their inseparable association with Sherry, but also for their incredible vitality, drought tolerance, crimson leaves and golden clusters. Knowing my love for sherry, Bedrock offered me the chance to make wine from the Palomino vines interplanted within the Evangelho Vineyard in 2017. Now, many harvests have passed and I have a small solera of this wine to share. 

Soleras del Pacífico seeks to learn how this variety, made to its full potential through the winemaking traditions of the Iberian Peninsula, expresses itself in California. 

-Jake