Current Press

  • In his zinfandel article from 15 January 2011, Wall Street Journal wine writer Jay McInerney reveals that he poured 2003 Geyserville at his wedding a few years ago and goes on to tout the 2009 Sonoma County Three Valleys. Read article at WSJ.com (subscription may be required)Article or download a printable PDFPDF (88KB PDF)
  • The 2008 Lytton Springs rings in the new year with 93 points (two puffs) in the January 2011 issue of the Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine.
  • In her article "California's charming 2007 cabs" (8 December 2010) at Jancis Robinson's Purple Pages, Linda Murphy touts the 2007 Monte Bello (18.5 points). Read article at JancisRobinson.com (subscription required)Article
  • The San Francisco Chronicle has announced their Top 100 Wines of 2010 (December 5 issue) and the 2007 Monte Bello is one of the best. Read article at SFGate.comArticle
  • Wine blogger Dr. Vino has a nice writeup about Geyserville: both the vineyard and wine including the current release, 2008 Geyserville in his entry from 4 December 2010. Read blog entry at DrVino.comArticle
  • Writing for the November-December 2010 issue of Sommelier India, Bob Ecker calls the 2006 Chardonnay Monte Bello the classic Killer California Chardonnay.
  • In the December 2010 issue of Wine & Spirits, the 2007 Monte Bello is one of the Year's Best Cabernets (94 pts.).
  • Our 2008 Zinfandel East Bench is "lively, balanced and pleasing" according to Eric Asimov of the New York Times (12 October 2010). Read full article at NYTimes.comArticle
  • The 2007 Monte Bello receives 92 points from James Laube in the 29 September 2010 issue of Wine Spectator Insider bonus newsletter (Vol. 6, No. 40).
  • All five of our Fall Release wines scored over ninety points in the October 2010 issue of The Tasting Panel magazine: 2007 Monte Bello (96 pts.), 2007 Chardonnay Monte Bello (92 pts.), 2008 Lytton Springs (94 pts.), 2008 Zinfandel Pagani Ranch (91 pts.), and 2008 Zinfandel York Creek (92 pts.). The 2008 Geyserville (90 pts.) and 2008 Zinfandel East Bench (89 pts.) showed well too. Download printable article PDF (1MB PDF)
  • Mike Steinberger reviews verticals of Monte Bello, Geyserville, and Lytton Springs in issue 28 of British quarterly The World of Fine Wine (electronic version not available).
  • In the October-November issue of California Grapevine, our 2008 Zinfandel Pagani Ranch (91 pts.) is very highly recommended.
  • Archived footage from our live video tasting (22 September 2010) is now available to view. Winemakers Paul Draper, Eric Baugher, and John Olney presented our Fall Release wines. Watch video
  • Two of our wines, 2008 Zinfandel East Bench (92 pts., Best Buy) and 2008 Zinfandel Ponzo Vineyard (90 pts.) were well received in the October 2010 issue of Wine & Spirits magazine.
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  • Gunnar Tietz wrote about his visit to the winery in the German Sommelier magazine's Aug-Sep 2010 issue. Download German language article PDF (3MB PDF)
  • HERS Magazine in Japan (August 2010 issue) has a nice article that includes Ridge Vineyards. Download Japanese language article PDF (4.8MB PDF)
  • We have an app for that! Now available: a free Ridge Vineyards app for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Download free app PDF (3.8MB)
  • A recent tasting for California wines by Wine Review Magazine of Korea picked the 2006 Geyserville as one of the top wines. Download article (translated from Korean)PDF (17KB PDF)
  • Ridge Vineyards and Paul Draper are profiled in the Summer 2010 issue of Quarterly Review of Wines by Eleanor and Ray Heald. Download two-page article PDF (11MB PDF)
  • YouTube Video: in early June 2010, Paul Draper describes the 2009 Monte Bello harvest and assemblage. Watch video (3:16) at YouTube video
  • In their Insider newsletter from 5 May 2010 (subscription required), Wine Spectator praises the 2008 Santa Cruz Mountains Estate Chardonnay (92 pts.).
  • The Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wines reviews a number of our recent zinfandels in the May 2010 issue (Volume 34, Issue 7) including 2008 Geyserville (94 pts.), 2008 Zinfandel Paso Robles (90 pts.), 2008 Zinfandel Ponzo Vineyard (89 pts.), and 2008 Sonoma County Three Valleys (88 pts.).
  • A number of our 2008 vintage zinfandels were highly recommended in the April-May 2010 issue of California Grapevine (Vol. 36, No. 2), including 2008 Zinfandel Ponzo Vineyard (90 pts.), 2008 Zinfandel Paso Robles (90 pts.), 2008 Geyserville (90 pts.), 2008 Zinfandel East Bench (89 pts.), and 2008 Sonoma County Three Valleys (88 pts.).
  • Our 2008 Zinfandel East Bench is picked by Lettie Teague as an exceptional wine in The Wall Street Journal (Friday 16 April 2010). Read article at WSJ.comArticle
  • On Friday 16 April 2010, Jay McInerney blogs about pairing 2008 Zinfandel Ponzo Vineyard with pork chops in The Wall Street Journal. Read blog entry at WSJ.comArticle
  • Jancis Robinson writes about the recent retrospective tasting in The Financial Times (12 March 2010). Read article at FT.comArticle
  • On 11 March 2010, Jancis Robinson published tasting notes of the big Monte Bello vertical from last week's retrospective tasting. Read article at JancisRobinson.com (subscription required)Article
  • Dr. Vino blogs about Ridge, Paul Draper, Monte Bello and the recent retrospective tasting (9 March 2010). Read article at DrVino.comArticle
  • Our 2006 Santa Cruz Mountains Estate cab/merlot is Jancis Robinson's Wine of the Week (9 March 2010). Read article at JancisRobinson.comArticle
  • San Francisco Chronicle wine editor Jon Bonné provides Monte Bello tasting notes (9 March 2010) after summarizing our recent retrospective tasting (8 March 2010) in his blog "The Cellarist." Blog entry (tasting notes) Article | Blog entry (event summary) Article
  • In The Wine Advocate issue #187 (27 February 2010), Robert Parker reviewed a number of current and previous vintages of our wines including: 2003 Monte Bello (95+ pts.), 2004 Monte Bello (91 pts.), 2005 Monte Bello (97+ pts.), 2006 Monte Bello (94+ pts.), 2005 Santa Cruz Mountains Estate cab/merlot (92 pts.), 2006 Santa Cruz Mountains Estate cab/merlot (91 pts.), 2007 Geyserville (91 pts.), 2007 Lytton Springs (92 pts.), and 2007 Zinfandel East Bench (90+ pts.). He also reviewed some upcoming wines including: 2007 Monte Bello (92 pts.), 2008 Geyserville (90-92 pts.), 2008 Lytton Springs (91-93 pts.), and 2008 Zinfandel East Bench (90-92 pts.). Read the reviews here.
  • On the eve of a retrospective tasting at Monte Bello celebrating fifty years of Ridge, Eric Asimov has penned a wonderful profile of the winery in his column "The Pour" for the New York Times (1 March 2010) and then continued blogging a little more the following day. Read full article at NYTimes.comArticle (1 March) | Read additional blog entry (2 March) Article
  • The winery is covered in an in-depth article about the Santa Cruz Mountains Jon Bonné, wine editor of the San Francisco Chronicle; the 2006 Monte Bello is also reviewed in this article from 28 February 2010. Read full article at SFGate.comArticle
  • The 2007 Lytton Springs garners more kudos with another 91 point score, this time from Wine & Spirits (February 2010 issue).
  • We ring in the new decade with a 91-point score for our 2007 Lytton Springs from Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wines (January 2010 issue). Happy New Year!
  • The 2007 Zinfandel Paso Robles received 91 points from the Wine Spectator's Tim Fish in a web-only review.

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