April 5, 2023
By Alan Goldfarb It’s almost too easy, when ruminating about the weather – which is perhaps the most integral element in growing wine grapes – to idyllically think of those myriad song lyrics: “Singin’ in the Rain …” and “I Love a Rainy Night …” But more germane right now to the California wine industry – and certainly to us here at Cordant – we’re singing, “Rain, rain go away,…
January 24, 2023
The Experienced Winemaker Just Finished His 1st Vintage for Cordant BY ALAN GOLDFARB Scott Stelzle has been making wine in Paso Robles for more than 20 years. For the 2022 vintage for Cordant, Scott, who is also an experienced pilot of vintage WWII airplanes, traveled more than 10,000 miles up and down the California Central Coast in his pickup. He visited every one of Cordant’s 17 vineyard sources – which gave…
November 9, 2022
“This harvest (crush) could produce the best wines we’ve ever made….”– Winemaker Scott Stelzle on his 1st Cordant Crush By Alan Goldfarb The harvest of 2022 was winemaker Scott Stelzle’s first for Cordant, and in his 23-year winemaking career he’s never seen anything like what occurred during this year’s crush. “It was one of the most unique harvest seasons we’ve experienced,” he says. “We’re used to having heat waves for…