My name is Brian Loring and my obsession is Pinot Noir. OK, I'm also pretty crazy about Champagne, but that's another story. While in college, I worked at a wine shop in Hollywood (Victor's), where one of the owners was a Burgundy fanatic. So, my very first experiences with Pinot Noir were from producers like Domaine Dujac, Henri Jayer, and DRC. Needless to say, I found subsequent tasting safaris into the domestic Pinot Noir jungle less than satisfying. It wasn't until I literally stumbled into Calera (I tripped over a case of their wine in the store room) that I found a California Pinot Noir that I could love. But it would be quite a while before I found someone else that lived up to the standard that Josh Jensen had established. I eventually came to understand and enjoy Pinots from Williams Selyem, Chalone, and Sanford, but I really got excited about California Pinot Noir when I met Norm Beko from Cottonwood Canyon at an Orange County Wine Society tasting.
I'd made about 3 trips around the booths at the tasting without finding a single good Pinot Noir. So, being the open minded person that I am (remember I passed him up 3 times), I stopped at the Cottonwood booth. I was BLOWN away by Norm's 1990 Santa Maria Pinot Noir. After a few years of attending every Cottonwood event and asking Norm 10,000 questions about winemaking, he offered to let come learn the process during the '97 crush. I checked sugar levels, picked, crushed, punched down, pressed, filled barrels, and generally moved a bunch of stuff around with fork lifts and pallet jacks! It was the time of my life... I was totally hooked. And even though I hadn't planned it, I ended up making two barrels of Pinot Noir. That was the start of the Loring Wine Company. What had started out as a dream 15 years earlier was now a reality - I was a winemaker!
Company Details
- Founded
- -
- Address
- 201 Industrial Way, Buellton,california 93427,united States
- Phone
- +1-805-736-0053
- br****@****any.com
- Industry
- Wine & Spirits
- Website
- loringwinecompany.com
- Keywords
- Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits.
- HQ
- Buellton, California
Loring Wine Company Questions
Loring Wine Company's helpline number is +1-805-736-0053
Loring Wine Company's website is loringwinecompany.com
Loring Wine Company's LinkedIn profile is https://www.linkedin.com/company/loring-wine-company
Loring Wine Company's industry is
Wine & Spirits
Loring Wine Company's top competitors are
Sprinter Spirits,
Babe Wine,
Piewine,
Grounded Wine Co.,
Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits,
Pourmybeer.
Loring Wine Company's support email address is brian@loringwinecompany.com
Loring Wine Company's categories are Wine & Spirits
Loring Wine Company's founding year is 1999
