

Reconnecting with where it all started - UCDavis
David Block and Steve in front of the instructional vineyard on campus We gave them a few bottles On Wednesday June 23, I accepted an invitation to visit the Department of Viticulture & Enology at UCDavis, where I graduated with a degree in V&E in 1996. The main reason for the visit was to donate a letter from Dr. Ralph Kunkee, former professor of wine microbiology who wrote the textbook on the field, to me regarding a winemaking research project I conducted during my second


What's going on now at Drava Wines?
After many bottling delays, we finally got our 2022 reds and 2023 white bottled. We continue the tradition of making a different white...


2023 greetings
It's been about two years since I put up a blog post so this is well overdue. It's been a challenge for all Lodi wineries as wine...


Three new wines and updates for 2021
It's been about a year since our last update and lots has happened, though most of it recently. First off, we bottled our 2019 reds. We...


A few words about reopening and the challenges facing us all
Hi everyone, I hope every one of your are healthy and doing well in these challenging times. First off, we bottled seven new wines on...


All the grapes of the 2019 vintage are in!
We brought our last grapes of the 2019 vintage in today. I don't consider harvest over until everything is pressed, but as of today, they...






















