RAVENSWOOD - Zinfandel Lodi 2016
Ravenswood Winery is a California wine producer located in Sonoma County. It was founded by Joel Peterson and had its first vintage in 1976, and is now known for its robust, full-bodied single-vineyard Zinfandel – in keeping with the company's motto of 'no wimpy wines'.
While Ravenswood has no vineyards of its own, it has existing relationships with several grower vineyards around Sonoma (and one in Napa) where it sources its fruit. Each of these has a corresponding single-vineyard wine.
Ravenswood takes its name from an incident that happened when the brand began. Joel Peterson bought the grapes and due to a miscommunication with the seller, ended up having to load four tons of already-harvested fruit onto a truck by himself before a storm hit. Peterson was inspired by the ravens who watched him as he loaded the truck. Ravenswood boasts that its logo – a totem of three ravens clasping talons – is one of the most tattooed symbols in the wine industry, and offers free tastings to anyone sporting one.