Salamandre Wine Cellars

Salamandre Wine Cellars
108 Don Carlos Drive
Aptos, California
USA 95003
Phone: (831) 685-0321
http://www.salamandrewine.com/index.shtml

Contact: Wells Shoemaker
Email: [email protected]

Chardonnays were our passion when we opened our small family winery in 1985, and we remain enchanted with Chardonnay from our original vines in Arroyo Seco. Red wines, however, provide a greater test of creativity in the cellar and offer exceptional versatility on the table. We also find that the wines we stash in our backpacks are invariably red. And, while we are always intrigued by differences between small vineyards in the Santa Cruz Mountains and Monterey County, it is the people we have met through the grapes and the wine that have made our 25 th anniversary a rolling celebration of the human spirit.

Santa Cruz Mountain Pinot Noir has become consistently popular for us, but we have always enjoyed experimenting with new varieties and new styles…occasionally branching into late harvest indulgences. These explorations always teach us something we wouldn't have learned doing the same thing every year, and sometimes we celebrate with delicious results. We made the shameless original Cardinal Zin in 1987, the uplifting "Temblor" in 1989, the rare Carmine in 1990, and now offer ravishing Primitivo from a precocious vineyard in sunny Southern Monterey County. Entering the new millennium, we released the Coyote Cuvee, a blend of the revered Bordeaux varieties, and then the Aussie-inspired Newt South Wells. Winemaker Wells Shoemaker and partner Dave South use intensive traditional methods by choice - and, yes, by necessity.

Winemaker: Wells Shoemaker

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