12/12/2023 0 Comments Visiting scribe winery in winter![]() ![]() Psychologists analyzing paratroopers divide them into three different categories: "courageous," "fearless" and "over-confident." It’s not clear which of these would have applied to ex-paratrooper Bob Koth, but almost certainly one of those qualities was required to plant what is the most eclectic collection of wine grapes in a single vineyard anywhere in the state of California.īob Koth grew up in Lodi and joined the army right after high school. The subscription also entitles you to free, searchable access to two of the world's ultimate wine books, both not coincidentally edited by Robinson: the Oxford Companion to Wine ($65), and the maps found in the World Atlas of Wine ($50).Įxcerpts from the story of Mokelumne Glen Vineyards as told by Alder Yarrow:Ī little corner of Germany and Austria in Lodi (photo of Mokelumne Glen's Zweigelt and Blaufränkisch block posted in, contributed by Randy Caparoso). Yarrow's vinous yarn in its original and complete form, I'd encourage you to visit, and subscribe to, the Jancis Robinson page. It’s only £8.50 a month or £85 per year ($11/month or $111/year, U.S.)-especially if you are, indeed, a geeky wine lover. Especially if good wines come out of it-then who cares if it makes sense or not? Although I like "insane." Shows gumption and originality. When I first moved to Lodi in 2010 I did not think of Mokelumne Glen Vineyards so much as "geeky" as downright insane. But they now know, thanks to Yarrow, that Lodi is the home of "geeky" vineyards. That means there may be wine aficionados living in, say, Thailand, Tianjin, Tennessee, Turkey, or Timbuktu who know next to nothing about Lodi as a winegrowing region, let alone appreciate Lodi-grown wines. It is entitled " Tasting California's geekiest vineyard." This gives us pause for thought because Robinson's following is legion and global. Yarrow's article on Mokelumne Glen Vineyards was posted on the Jancis Robinson page this past month (March 2023). Since 2011, Yarrow has also been one of the feature writers for Jancis Robinson-undoubtedly the most widely read (and certainly the most prolifically published) wine writer in the world-via Robinson's page, .Īlder Yarrow during one of his recent visits to Lodi. San Francisco Magazine has called him “The Wine World’s Brightest Cyberstar.” Wine bloggers, a free-to-all club that numbers in the gazillions, look up to him as one of the medium's pioneers. When Yarrow talks, people tend to listen. Clearly, in the great, big world of grapes and wines, there is such a thing as suspension of disbelief that is to say, just "shut up and enjoy." Some would call that lunacy, given that Lodi's Mediterranean climate is not supposed to be conducive to more northerly European grapes. All the same, the vineyard has a track record of producing delicious wines that have impressed even internationally traveled, and acclaimed, wine journalists such as Mr. ![]() It's a heroic tale because the vineyard is planted to over 55 grape varieties of German and Austrian origin. Over the past two years the vineyard has been managed by their children, Brett and Ann-Marie Koth. The story is on Mokelumne Glen Vineyards, established on the east side of Lodi's Mokelumne River appellation by the late Bob and Mary Lou Koth. The late Robert "Bob" Koth, who founded Lodi's most unusual (or geekiest) vineyard, called Mokelumne Glen.Īlder Yarrow, the author of Vinography, has just published the longest profile of a single Lodi grape grower ever written. Acclaimed wine scribe Alder Yarrow tells the story of California's geekiest vineyard-Lodi's Mokelumne Glen ![]()
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