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Around The Vineyard
Around The Vineyard
makers at Opus One Winery, to guide her through Tipton, their signature wine is the Grenache Blanc,
the winemaking process. Lucas, with 30 years in the grape that “sold” her on Rhône wines.
the industry and owner and winemaker at Lucas
Winery in Lodi, assured Tipton that she could make “Grenache Blanc is a one-off of red Grenache
world-class wines. and has a big mid-palate like a red wine,” Tipton
said. “People who think they don’t like white wines
“I was super excited about this,” Tipton said. “I come to our tasting room and try the wine and say,
was always the winemaker, but she worked with ‘Wow, I’ve never had a wine like this before.’”
us for over 10 years as a little bird on my shoulder
who was giving me helpful hints and instruction as Tipton attributes their success to a passion for
we went along. She really helped us to create our the grapes and strict attention to detail. Grapes are
vision.” estate-grown, hand-picked, whole-cluster pressed
and fermented in stainless steel – no oak. “Our
That vision has come to fruition. Today, Acquiesce whole goal is to bring what’s in the vineyard into
is truly a jewel in the crown of Lodi, the largest the bottle without interference.”
grape region in the world. As a one-of-a-kind vine-
yard, creating white wines exclusively, Acquiesce The Tiptons farm their grapes according to the
wines sell out every year, and its wine club is the area’s “Lodi Rules”: over 120 farming standard
hot ticket in town. The winery is also introducing practices that help farmers manage their vineyards
people to the white wines of the Southern Rhône, sustainably. The rules are divided into six catego-
which are extremely rare in the U.S. According to ries: ecosystem management, water management,
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