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The vineyard started to produce grapes in 2005, which was the first vintage that Palmina produced Honea Vineyard-designated wines; these wines have received very favorable reviews, which makes us believe we must be doing something right! Please enjoy the reviews below. |
Robert
Parker, Jr reviewed the first Palmina wines from Honea Vineyard in his
Wine Advocate:
"A knock-out bouquet of lemon
rind, tropical fruit, and honey characterizes the 2005 Tocai Friulano
Honea Vineyard. This fruity, dry, medium-bodied, pure, zesty,
Tocai should be consumed over the next 1-2 years.
(90 points)"
"My favorite of the three Pinot Grigios is the 2005 Pinot Grigio Honea Vineyard. Its attractive orange skin and apple rind characteristics are accompanied by lovely fruit, medium body and a crisp personality. (90 points)"
"Little Arneis is made in Italy,
and even less in California, but Palmina's 2005 Arneis Honea Vineyard
is a powerful effort displaying ntoes of honeysuckle, flowers, herbs,
and tropical fruits. It was fermented in steel as well as new and old
oak.
(89 points)"
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The
LA Times visited Steve Clifton at Palmina and learned
some of the history of the winery from him:
"The coup was Honea Vineyards," he says. In 2002, Clifton struck a deal with owner Milt Honea to plant 20 acres exclusively to Italian grape varieties selected by Clifton. "We made our first wines from those vines last year. This year, the vineyard allows us to expand our production from 5,000 cases a year to 10,000 cases."
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The
Palmina 2005 Tocai Friulano Honea Vineyard was featured
in a mutli-course tasting menu at Alan Wong's in Hawaii. The menu featured
dishes such as Moi carpaccio with kahuku sea asparagus and freshy
truffle soy vinaigrette and chilled Kula strawberry and hibiscus
soup. The Tocai was paired with Crispy Moi and Stuffed
Mustard Cabbage with Oxtail and Asian Vegetable Ragout.
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Those
crazy Grape-Nutz guys visited the vineyard early on:
"The view was magnificent, with the fast-moving clouds creating
some beautifully colored effects in the vineyard."
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here for the complete article.
Acclaimed
critic Francis Bown from Bown's Best visited Santa Barbara
and enjoyed a wine from our vineyards at Wine Cask:
"My own, local white (Palmina Tocai Fruilano, Honea Vineyard, Santa Ynez Valley, 2005 - $48) had flavours of melon and kiwi and reminded me of a marsanne. "
