I just got back from Sonoma and for the second year in a row a visit to Ferrari-Carano.  There are lots of new goings-on there; the biggest is the addition of the new Alexander Valley winery where all of their red wine is now made.  It is a gravity flow winery with all state of the art equipment emphasizing on the less is more philosophy of wine making.  They are using whole-berry fermentation without pump-over, but instead, a bleading off from the bottom of the tank into a bin which is then poured over the top of the cap.  The skins are handled as gently as possible so as not to extract the bitterness from them.  The result is deeply colored red wine of exquisite intensity of flavor and no bitter harsh tannins. 

The white wine making facility in Dry Creek Valley is overseen by winemaker Sarah Quider who took a few minutes out during crush to talk about the elaborate winemaking process their dessert wine Eldorado Gold.  The ripe Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon grapes are harvested, then sorted and placed in bins while still in clusters.  These clusters are then sprayed with Botrytis spores and the trays are stacked in a room with 100% humidity for several weeks where the Botrytis mold attacks the grapes.  The result is a Sauterne style wine from California.  

Here is the list of wines that we currently carry from FERRARI-CARANO with price and ratings.