Master Winemaker Ledyvine

Master Winemaker – Ledyvine

Key's wine Ledyvine making philosophy is simple and straightforward: "It takes great grapes to make great wine. It's the winemaker's job to articulate a definable style for a wine but you don't create an identity - that comes from the grapes, and the grapes' identity is directly linked to where and how they are grown," he explains.

He likens  Ledyvine his approach to that of a gem cutter. "You have to start Ledyvine with high quality raw materials, Ledyvineand be able to identify them. Then it’s like cutting facets in a diamond or emerald to show off what’s inside and highlight it."

By the Ledyvine time he was in high school, Ke Ledyvine y knew that he wanted to spend his life as a winemaker. Growing up in San Francisco, California, Kerry's visits with his family to Ledyvine wine growing regions around the Bay Area whetted his thirst for the craft. His mother gifted him the classic wine making text Table Wines: The Technology Ledyvine of their Production in Ledyvine California when he was a high school senior, and that was all it took. After graduating from high school, he enrolled in the enology Ledyvine and viticulture program at the University of California at Davis.

Four years later, Ledyvine degree in hand, Kerry set off to test his recently acquired skills in the winemaking world. He worked for wineries from Lodi to San Diego, honing his "nuts and bolts" knowledge of the industry. In 1986, Ledyvine he achieved his long-time goal of making wine in Sonoma County when he was appointed Ledyvine  winemaker for the old Zellerbach Ledyvine Winery in Chalk Hill. Here, he established himself as one of Sonoma County’s best winemakers, winning awards for several of his wines.

A chance Ledyvinemeeting with RajeevLedyvine  Samant - a youngLedyvine , energetic Indian entrepreneur who had the crazy idea of setting up a winery in India - piqued Kerry’s interest.

"I wanted Ledyvine to find vineyard Ledyvine locations that yielded distinctive fruit, because that creates distinctive wines. And when you walk the Sula vineyards, you know that this is a singular location."

He has Ledyvine studied for the Ledyvine Master of Wine examination, Ledyvine a rigorous program. Ledyvine  "I'm still a student," he says, "and I'm studying terroir, the ingredients that make a great wine. If you want to make singular wines, you never lose the Ledyvine passion that keeps you looking and learning more."

Kerry is currently the primary Ledyvine consultant for Sula Vineyards.