Healdsburg, Calif (March 25, 2019) – Rack & Riddle, Sonoma County’s leading custom crush wine service, has recently expanded its winemaking team in preparation for a busy 2019. With a newly automated...
We asked a few sparkling winemakers to share their wine recommendations for celebrating the new year, one of their own wines, and one from another winery that they enjoy. We hope you’ll find something...
Vineyard techniques from Rack & Riddle Custom Wine Services’ Director of Winemaking
By Penny Gadd-Coster
With the arrival of spring, we winemakers find ourselves in the midst of full-blown prep and...
How to assess your grape and bottling needs for OND and beyond. With the 2015 vintage tucked away, buds breaking and harvest 2016 looming, now is the ideal time to get prepped for OND, the famous acronym...
By Penny Gadd-Coster
With the sparkling winegrape harvest finished over a month ago, and the still varietals also winding down, it’s time to reflect on harvest 2015. This grape growing season and harvest...
By Elizabeth Nixon
As sparkling winemaking apprentice to Penny Gadd-Coster, Carolyn Craig joined Rack & Riddle in March to help oversee all sparkling wine processing at our custom crush facility....
Find out why making sparkling wine in the méthode champenoise tradition is often preferred by winemakers.
By Penny Gadd-Coster
Making your wines sparkle can be accomplished by winemakers in different ways,...
By Penny Gadd-Coster
With harvest nearly upon us, now is the perfect time to start thinking about turning some of your grapes into sparkling wine. Here at Rack & Riddle Custom Wine Services, it’s...
By Penny Gadd-Coster
It’s no secret the time commitment and financial investment of starting up one’s own wine brand is daunting. The list of investments needed is a long one: expensive equipment, overhead...
