Meadowcroft Wine

Key Info

• Located right in the heart of Sonoma at Cornerstone.

• Cornerstone is a wine country mecca where you could easily spend an entire day.

• A large marketplace with gardens, shopping, artisanal food, and tasting rooms.

• No appointment necessary.

• Open Daily 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

• Classic Tasting $15 and Reserve Tasting $20 per person.

• Waived with a three bottle purchase.

• Dog friendly.

• Lovely patio to enjoy your wine.

• A variety of whites and reds available:

• Bubbly Blanc de Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, Orange Muscat, Viognier, Riesling, Rosé of Malbec, Pinot, Zinfandel, Syrah, Malbec, Cabernet.

• Wine cost ranges from $28 up to $94.

• The average price is $34 per bottle.

• No distribution commercially.

• European style wine.

Sheila’s Recommendation

• For wine tasting we often balk at a tasting fee being too expensive.

• Yet, on Facebook I see many people spending quite a bit to attend ‘wine and paint nights’.

• The Meadowcroft ‘A Perfect Blend’ experience is $80.

• No need to gasp at the price tag.

• In this tasting experience you learn the art and science of winemaking.

• You start…

• In the Meadowcroft vineyards.

• A short walk to the vineyards, right on the Cornerstone property.

• Our group was lucky to have Tom Meadowcroft as our tour guide.

• Tom is owner and wine grower.

• Nice, incredibly knowledgeable, and sweet man.

• Under Tom’s guidance I got my nose right up close to the vines.

• I took a whiff of some flowering/blooming grapes.

• He showed our group two different grape leaves and how to tell the difference in varietals based on the leaves.

• As we walked through the vineyards butterflies and ladybugs floated around us, quail darted by, and a rabbit hopped along.

• After our vineyard excursion, we headed back into the tasting room.

• Blending time!

• We explored barrel samples of Cab Franc, Cab Sauv, Malbec and Merlot.

• Tom walked us through a flavor and aroma wheel.

• We identified different tasting notes for each wine.

• We decided which of the barrel samples were our favorites.

• Then the blending started.

• Into our test tubes went different wine percentages.

• I LOVED the Merlot, so for my first wine blend I had mostly Merlot and then some Cab Sauv and Cab Franc.

• The table was giddy with excitement.

• We munched on cheese, chocolate, apple slices and crackers while we tasted wine and made two blends.

• The experience ended with us bottling our wine creations.

• We even got to custom label our wine bottles.

• Let me go back to my wine and paint night comparison.

• Don’t get me wrong…I love a great paint night.

• Often my paintings sit in the garage never to be hung.

• My boyfriend and I left Meadowcroft with two classic red Bordeaux style blends.

• On our way to the car we agreed.

• We plan to save one of our blends for a special anniversary occasion!

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