January 24, 2023

MEET OUR WINEMAKER – SCOTT STELZLE

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…

June 18, 2016

Wills Hills

Some vineyards have a soul. Some vineyards you just connect with. There are three aspects to a vineyard that has this impact: the way it’s farmed,  the land under and around you, and the people that farm the land. The first two aspects are the easiest to achieve.  Buying a cool piece of land, planting, and properly farming a vineyard isn’t all that unusual. But when the land is owned…