One of the first serious red wines I remember buying was Ravenswood Winery’s Vintners Blend Zinfandel. It was reliably fruity, lush, spicy and smooth, all for less than $10 a bottle. The eye-catching ...

Peterson admits that Ravenswood’s large volume production of Vintners’ Blend under Constellation has taken him out of the specialty wine store category. He doesn’t mind, though, because his wines now ...

In the fall of 1976, a San Francisco medical laboratory scientist named Joel Peterson bought seven tons of zinfandel grapes. He made wine by hand, in open-top fermentation tanks, punching down the ...

Joel Peterson is one of five winemakers who will be inducted into the Vintners Hall of Fame on Feb. 21. The vintner co-founded Ravenswood Winery in 1976 with $4,000 and no vineyards to speak of. He ...

The 2007 Ravenswood Vintners Blend Zinfandel (California, $10) is a widely available, affordable zinfandel that provides a load of simple pleasure. It's a medium-bodied, smooth red wine with bright ...

The 2006 Ravenswood Vintners Blend Cabernet Sauvignon (California, $10) offers good value in an everyday red, especially for people who like their cabs earthy. This wine has some syrah, petite sirah ...

The 2011 inductees to the Culinary Institute of America’s Vintners Hall of Fame are Ravenswood founder Joel Peterson, UC Davis Professor of Enology, Emeritus Vernon Singleton and Bob Trinchero, owner ...

Behind the scenes: Martin Ranch Winery, post-harvest Inside El Dorado’s Chateau Davell winery Three historic wineries in Santa Clara Valley NASA control room or Napa winery? One of the first serious ...