July 5, 2023

Former Los Gatos resident wants ‘best grapes possible’ for his Cordant wines

David Taylor Founded Winery After Moving to Paso Robles By Laura Ness, correspondent, as published on June 26, 2023 in the San Jose Mercury NewsFormer Los Gatos resident David Taylor might not have known it at the time, but the seeds of Paso Robles wine country that were sown when he attended Cal Poly as an electrical engineering major would blossom decades later into one of the most prolific wine…

April 5, 2023

Rains and the 2023 Harvest

By Alan Goldfarb It’s almost too easy, when ruminating about the weather – which is perhaps the most integral element in growing wine grapes – to idyllically think of those myriad song lyrics: “Singin’ in the Rain …” and “I Love a Rainy Night …” But more germane right now to the California wine industry – and certainly to us here at Cordant – we’re singing, “Rain, rain go away,…

February 23, 2023

AFTER THE HARVEST

The Life of a Winery When Crush is Crushed By Alan Goldfarb “It’s like the football season. You prepare for three months – and then you do all the work. And then you’re organizing for the next year.” – Defensive Tackle Scott Stelzle, Brockport State – Winemaker Scott Stelzle, Cordant Winery If you thought that after football, I mean harvest season, at a winery it means the work is finished,…