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Kenneth Volk Vineyards | Santa Maria, CA 93454 |
www.volkwines.com
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5230 Tepusquet Road Santa Maria, CA 93454 (805) 938-7896 Fax : 805 938-1324 Email: info@volkwines.com
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Kenneth Volk Vineyards is located on Tepusquet Road, in the northeastern portion of the Santa Maria Valley AVA in Santa Barbara County, California. The property is located at the mouth of Tepusquet Canyon on the Sisquoc River Bench. The vineyard and winery property was formerly the "original" Byron Winery (the "new" Byron Winery is located next door), established by Ken Byron Brown in 1981. In 1994 the winery was acquired by the Robert Mondavi Winery Corporation. Ken Volk purchased the building and land at the end of 2004, after over a year of negotiations. The sale included the winery and vineyard only - no brands, no wine, and no on-going business venture.
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Winemaker Kenneth Volk |
Ken's first professional winemaking experience was at nearby Edna Valley Vineyard, working "the crush," as harvest is known in the winegrape industry. The following year he convinced his family to back his plans for developing a vineyard. He searched the Central Coast for an ideal location, looking as far south as Santa Barbara and as far north as Santa Cruz. "At the time, this part of the world was not taken seriously for fine wine production," recalled Ken. "But looking at some of the wines being produced at Chalone, Edna Valley Vineyard and Estrella River Winery (now Meridian Vineyards), I knew that wines from the Central Coast could compete with wines from any California region or anywhere else in the world." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2006 Pinot Noir-Santa Maria Cuvee
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