WEST Wines is a California winery owned by the Akerlind Bonde family, a Swedish-American family with a passion for growing and making fine wine. Our creativity in crafting these wines draws upon our other passions in music, art and science.
Winemaking for our Cabernet Sauvignon wines combines the best of traditional Bordeaux winemaking and New World modern techniques. Our Chardonnay wine is the result of the synergy of traditional Burgundian techniques and New World modern methods. All grapes are carefully hand harvested and meticulously sorted to ensure the highest quality. In June 2009 we released our latest varietal, Viognier. It is crafted in the same traditional way to create a flavorful, fruity and fresh wine.
Why are our wines called WEST Wines? Our vineyards are among the most western vineyards in Sonoma County; therefore among the most western vineyards in the western hemisphere, hence the name WEST for our wines.
© 2007-09 WEST® Wines
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Oct 13, 2009
All our grapes are harvested. The Viognier on September 23 and the Cabernet Sauvignon October 8. Today we have the first big rain storm this fall.
July 20, 2009
The Viognier 2008 and the Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 is now available in our online shop.
June 10,2009
The Viognier was released to some restaurants two weeks ago and we are getting wonderful feedback on the flavor, the color, the nose. We are so happy it was well received.
April 1, 2009
Yesterday we bottled the Viognier and we are so pleased with the wine. Classic viognier flavors such as guava, mango and a hint of pineapple. We will release it in late May.
September 9, 2008
Our first Viognier grapes are picked, crushed and in barrels. We are excited about the floral aromas with hints of pineapple. The Chardonnay was just harvested so we are finished with all the creekside fields and we are closely watching the Cabernet Sauvignon up on West Dry Creek, the Hillside farm. The weather has been very hot in August making for an early harvest but has cooled down now with the morning fog we love.
March 14, 2008
We bottled 250 cases of Chardonnay, harvested in September last year. It has a very fresh and fruity style with nice acidity.
November 1, 2007
All grapes are harvested. The Chardonnay already shows a lot of fruit. Barreltasting our 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon is a pleasure and we are starting to get a sense of the earthy, dark berries in the flavors. Another 8 months before bottling.
July 5, 2007
Blazing hot in Dry Creek Valley. Today we bottled the 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon and we are now letting it rest in bottles for a year before its release.
We did barrel tasting of the 2006 Cabernet and we are very excited about it. It will be a stellar vintage.
April 19, 2007
Bottling of our Chardonnay today went very well. We are extremely pleased with the crisp and elegant style, apple and pear aroma and the long nice bouquet. It will be available early this summer.
March 9, 2007
We’re making the final decisions with Julia, our winemaker, on the Chardonnay prior to bottling in April. We are excited to be issuing our first release of Chardonnay soon.
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Winemaker Phyllis Zouzounis
during Viognier Harvest
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Bengt Akerlind tasting Chardonnay |
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