{"product_id":"2022-divergent-vine-a-touch-of-gray-rock-red-blend","title":"2022 Divergent Vine 'A Touch of Gray Rock' Red Blend","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRegion: Sierra Foothills \u0026lt; California\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGrape: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e46% Sangiovese, 46% Zinfandel, and 8% Primitivo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVineyard\/Cellar Stats: Organic, zero-input farming; \u003cspan\u003eSangiovese and Zinfandel from volcanic soils of Camino vineyard, estate Primitivo on granite soil\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e; 25% of each grape was whole cluster fermented on the bottom of the bins, with de-stemmed piled on top, creating an anaerobic environment allowing for natural carbonic fermentation; bottled \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eunfined and unfiltered, with 15ppm \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eadded S02; 12.5% ABV; 75 cases\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWinemaker: Aaron Bryan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eTiny estate run by husband\/wife team who relocated from SF to the Sierra Foothill boons to make natural wine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eFresh, easy, approachable red blend that loves a slight chill and all kinds of food\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eName is a riff on the Grateful Dead \"Touch of Gray\" song - and the name of their road is Gray Rock...\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eBright, lifted and a little wild, with s\u003cspan\u003eour cherry, wild strawberry, rose petals and (gray) flinty rocks\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMore about Divergent\/Conduit:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAaron has a nontraditional winemaking background. A classically \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003etrained economist, he fell in love with the art and science of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewinemaking during his time at UC Santa Barbara. He continued his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003einformal wine education (drinking a lot) in New York City, so when he\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003emoved back to California he started making beer and wine out of his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003egarage in SF's Mission District. Eventually, he met a group of urban \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewinemakers on Treasure Island and started trading beer for a few \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ebarrels of cellar space, working with our friend Noel of Purity back \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ein the day. In 2013 he decided to make the leap to full time \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewinemaker, and has been producing Conduit and divergent vine wines and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTag + Jug Cider.  In 2014 Aaron met Amy, who was working for a wine \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003edistributor, and they clicked around a shared love of wine and food. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThey got married, and Amy now runs the back office operations for the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethree brands. 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