Ravenswood

The winery is located in the town of Sonoma in California's ( region). It was founded in 1976, when microbiologist Joel Peterson began to produce wines on a small scale. He was particularly interested in the viticulture methods of the French Burgundy and Bordeaux. Peterson experimented with , long storage on the mash and ageing in French barriques, which is still the basis of many wines today. He preferred the variety , which is very popular in California. The harvest of the first wine from Zinfandel took place in the 200th year of US independence during a thunderstorm with raven cries, which resulted in the name and the significant logo with three ravens as a ring on the bottle label. Today the winery is owned by the US-multis (Centerra Wine Company), Joel Peterson holds the position of Senior Vice President.

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