Valdez Family Winery

Valdez Family Winery
129 N Cloverdale Blvd, Ste 9
Cloverdale, California
USA 95425
Phone: (707) 894-3710
http://www.valdezfamilywinery.com/

Contact: Ulises Valdez
Email: [email protected]

From a remote village in Michoacan, Mexico, to the vineyards of Sonoma County, this is the story of Ulises Valdez' pursuit of the American Dream, culminating in the first releases of Valdez Family Winery, on July 8, 2006. This year marks twenty years in the vineyard business for Ulises, first as field worker, then as a partner in the vineyard management business, and now owner of Valdez and Sons Vineyard Management. Working on several hundred acres of vineyards has enabled Ulises to select some of his favorite blocks for his first wines. Collaborators include such acclaimed winemakers as Mark Aubert, Jeff Cohn, Paul Hobbs, Kent Rosenblum and Rolando Herrera.

There seems to come a time in the grape growers career, when he develops a taste for wine, and begins to look at his crop in a different light. Ulises was able to adjust to farming grapes as a commodity, to wine-growing. Growers such as Kent Ritichie of Poplar Vineyards introduced Ulises to some of Sonoma County's finest winemakers, such as Mark Aubert, and Paul Hobbs, in the late 1990's. Ulises magnetism, charisma, combined with hard work, continued to open doors. Today, as Ulises enters the wine business, he has at his disposal an arsenal of advice, support, and influence.

Ulises decided to make wine in 2004, and as fate would have it, he came to his old partner, to buy Zinfandel from my Rockpile Road Vineyard. These days, Ulises spends more time on the cell phone, but still remembers where he came from, and, as always, has big plans for the future.

Winemaker: Mark Aubert

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