Sierra Club does red, white and green wine

Nice little wine competition here from Sierra Club. I was pleased to see a lot of California and Pacific Northwest wines ranked up there since, in addition to the farming practicies, I like to keep the transportation carbon footprint to a minimum and do tend to buy from my region (lucky me, I know!).

Article here

I was super pleased to see Quivera's Zinfandel listed as a winner. It's one of my favorites. I've purchased their Zin at the tasting room and then also found their Hammerhead Zin at a nearby grocery store. Give it a try, if you can find it near you (and you like Zinfandel as much as I do!).

Zinfandel

Quivira 2006
Sonoma, CA
PRICE: $34 | SCORE: 7.4

TASTING NOTES: Though Hernandez said, "No one knows what they want their zins to be when they grow up," Dutton was "amazed that with this ripeness, there is good acid balance." The experts detected a muted cherry-pie aroma; a taste that evoked toasted oak, bitter chocolate, and "bubblegummy fruit" (Wines); and "a 'pow' on the finish" (Dutton). Pair it with chocolate--especially mole sauce.

GREEN NOTES: Quivira, which is 100 percent organic and solar, has been working since 1998 to restore a nearby stream in which steelhead and salmon spawn.