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The Papapietro Perry 2017 Pinot Noir, a 777 clone, won Best Red Wine at the NCWC’s 2020 competition, which is open only to wines made from grapes grown in California’s North Coast AVAs, including Lake, Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma, Marin and parts of Solano counties.įor Ben Papapietro, there is only one true love, wine. I got in only because Steve is a friend of mine. “He asked me to participate in the North Coast Press Democrat Wine Challenge (NCWC). My boss at the Chronicle was Steve Falk, who is now CEO of Sonoma Media Investments, which owns the Press Democrat,” Papapietro says. “We’ve won a lot of awards and competitions.” “We’ve already proven ourselves,” Papapietro says.
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With an established reputation, a full team and a low elimination rate, Papapietro Perry usually doesn’t compete these days – except in special circumstances. We want the vineyard to show itself year after year.” “I use the same system for processing fruit, I use the same yeast and I use the same cooperage,” he says. He describes himself as a non-interferer and attributes this approach, along with a set of standard practices, to his ability to achieve this quality in every vintage. I wanted the wines from one vintage to taste familiar to the next.” He goes on to say, “One of my main goals as a winemaker was consistency. I can always go back and look at those notes. “But I kept detailed notes of everything I did. “I started making wine from my gut, observing everything I did and solving problems as they arose,” he says. From the beginning to the present, he writes long notes and keeps all these records for reference (which are eventually digitized by a member of the team). “I had to make the transition.” What helped, he says, was discipline. “Making wine at home and making wine professionally are very different,” he admits. In the years that followed, Papapietro Perry “had the good fortune to be found by a number of influential wine publications and writers.” Among them the Wine Spectator, which in 2004 awarded 91-95 points to Papapietro Perry’s seven Pinot Noir releases – elevating the young winery to the rank of leading Pinot producer. We stayed in Windsor Oaks until 2005 and then moved to Healdsburg.” “We made 75 boxes in 1998 to start our first outing. They just revived it and gave us a little corner in the production hall. Two weeks later he found the Windsor Oaks, an old vineyard in Balvern. “Eventually, I challenged him: If he could find a place where we could make wine, pay rent and equipment, and our only other expenses were barrels and grapes, I would do it with him. “In 1997, Bruce wanted to go commercial,” Papapietro says.
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The jump into the professional wine world took place in the late 1990s. We worked up to about nine barrels of Pinot in my garage and six to 10 barrels of Zin in Bruce’s cellar. “By 1990 we had completely switched over and were producing mostly Pinot Noir – and some Zin. “In 1988 we were looking for new vineyards,” says Papapietro. Nevertheless, the company flourished and increased production to 60 gallons in 1985. The problem, according to Papapietro, was supply: “There was very little Pinot in California at the time, and what was grown was by established producers. But from the beginning, the goal was to make Pinot Noir. He began making small batches of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cab Franc, and experimented with different Bordeaux blends. It was a hobby that took a lot of energy, but was satisfying. In 1980, I started making wine in my garage in San Francisco. He also recalls, “I helped Bert in the 1970s when he was a home winemaker, and I began to think I could do the same. “He became one of the most influential winemakers in the Russian River Valley,” Papapietro says. It was something we felt connected to.”Ī third friend from that era was Bert Williams, who later co-founded California Pinot House Williams Sallim Halbfinale. “Bruce also comes from a family that made its own wine. “Then it skipped a generation and landed on me.” “My grandparents made wine in their basement in Mission County during Prohibition and the Great Depression,” says Papapietro, from whose voice his enthusiasm for his journey is clear. They all come from families that had produced wine for their own use in previous generations. It was a stressful atmosphere, and they shared an unusual escape. This is the story of two men.īen Papapietro and Bruce Perry met in the 1960s when they worked for a San Francisco news agency (then owned by the Chronicle and the Examiner) and its affiliated unions.
We all dream of turning our hobby into a career, of using our talents and passion to create a successful and fulfilling business. Press veterans Ben Papapietro and Bruce Perry create winning red wine at NCWC 2020
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