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We are hosting a Wine Tasting with Mikami Vineyards on Saturday, June 1, 2024 from 2pm to 4pm at the Albany Senior Center. Jason Mikami, owner of Mikami Vineyards and Cal Alumnus, will personally lead the tasting, presenting the vineyard's signature wines and sharing insights into the rich history of the Mikami family, who have been producing premium wine grapes since 1896.
All people 21 and over are welcome to join. Please register at: Mikami Vineyards June 1 Tickets will be sold at the door. Cash or check accepted. Please email jawaucb@gmail.com with any questions.
Mikami VineyardsSince 1896, the Mikami family has been producing premium wine grapes in Lodi. The family's grape-growing tradition was interrupted only once—during World War II, when the family was relocated into internment camps in Rowher, Arkansas. In 1945, the family returned to Lodi with a renewed passion for grape farming and continued to be a part of the wine business, supplying premium grapes to various California wineries.
Today, Mikami Vineyards spans 15 acres with the history of the vineyard starting over a century ago in 1902 when the first grapevines were planted on site. Located sixty miles east of the Golden Gate Bridge, the vineyard is situated in the San Joaquin Valley between the San Francisco Bay and the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.
Zinfandel has been grown on the vineyard since 1923, with the latest renovation to the site completed in 2005. Situated in some of the region’s best soil conditions, Mikami Vineyard’s mission fine sandy loam provides the ideal environment for varietals such as Zinfandel and Petite Sirah. Such soil conditions allow the vines to slowly draw water to produce uniform and balanced growth. Vines are planted with only 4 ft. spacing to force greater competition among the vines, helping to create more concentrated fruit.
Now in the family’s second century of farming, Mikami Vineyards produces single vineyard, hand crafted wines from the premier blocks of the family vineyard estate.
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