Are there any vineyards in the Coachella Valley area that grow Cabernet, Merlot, and/or Sangiovese grapes, and that sell them to home winemakers? If so, what are typical prices like?
Grapes in San Berdoo
Oct 20, 2003
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There are lots of table grapes, but I am not familiar with any wine grapes in the Coachella Valley. How about Temecula? Prices this year ranged from $500 for "U-pick" Cab, $800 for Merlot and $1100 for top quality (for Temecula) Sangiovese grapes.
$1100 for "U-pick" Sangiovese? That's 'way too pricy AFAIC. I got ½ ton of Sangiovese from Los Alamos Saturday for $1000/ton, and they picked it for me. Really excellent fruit, too. The Brix of the free run was ~23.4°, at pH ~3.35-3.40, but the true Brix was probably higher.
This is the best Sangiovese I've ever seen. The clusters were uniformly dark, with smallish berries and _no_ rot. It's so nice I may put it into a new French barrel.
Tom S
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