Rabbit Ridge anyone?

Rabbit Ridge used to make some damn fine Zinfandel back when they were based in Sonoma. One legal battle over building violations later, they relocated to Paso and were never heard from again. I dunno if they changed hands, or just took a different approach to winemaking, but I've heard next to nothing about them and haven't seen one of their wines around here in several years.

Mark Lipton

They were the "go to" low end zin, along with Cline, when we moved to SF in '97. IIRC it was like $5-6 US a bottle, and a good mouthful of zin fruit at twice the price.

-E

The real down fall was when they were caught mislabeling. They re- labeled vintages and they mislabel vareitals. I believe they had some EPA issues also.

Ridges defense their prices were low ($40/case for some). I just gotta ask if anyone really likes their wines?

Some years back (late 90s) we tasted there. They had lots of different varietals but I was unimpressed with any of them. Curiosity got the better of me for some wines I'd never heard of, but at home I was not thrilled either.

Jose

Yes, Rabbit Ridge has gone down the toilet in quality.

Cline is WAY above anything from Rabbit Ridge. I find most Cline wines very good for the price. Nothing great but decent Zins and a decent price.

Back when Sue Selby was the winemaker for Rabbit Ridge, they did good Zins. Since her concentration on Selby wines, I found that they went downhill quickly, and have not purchased any lately.

Sorry to hear that they are all "horrible," is bad news.

Even at US$40/case, if the wine is undrinkable, it is not a value wine.

Hunt

Cline has always been good producer, in my book. They are one of the few producers, who do 100% varietals. OK, some are not what they might have been with a bit of judicious blending, but they have the vision to do 100% and seem to keep those wines as true to character, as is possible.

Hunt

Selby is one of my favorite Zins.