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Established in 1994, Dark Star Cellars annual production of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Zinfandel, Syrah and our meritage
blend Ricordati hovers around 4,000 cases.
Our focus is on producing small lots of ultra-premium hand crafted red wines. We feel our success comes from a gentle treatment
of our wines from harvest to bottling.
To that end, our grapes are hand harvested and slowly fermented. After fermentation our dedication to "synthetic gravity",
the use of low pressure pneumatic pumps and nitrogen racking, allows each wine to be gently moved from one stage of its life
to another, ultimately allowing each wine to reach its fullest potential.
Many wineries will tell you that they are a small family winery. In their minds a staff of fifty producing 100,000 cases
is small. At Dark Star it's Me, my son Brian, my daughter Nicole, and my wife Susan. That's it. Some days we make wine, some
days we sit on tractors, and not often enough, some days we watch sunsets, but everyday it's just us. Every single bottle
we produce has our finger prints on it. If we don't do it, it doesn't get done. When you serve a bottle of our wine at your
table you are serving a beverage we hand made, wine that we are tremendously proud of.
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We would enjoy meeting you at our small family winery. We are open for tasting Friday - Sunday 10:30-5:00.
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Ricordati
At the winery we feel a strong connection with our history as a family. "Ricordati" (Re-core-dot-ee),
"Always Remember", is a delicate blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc which is produced to celebrate the
memory of our friends and family. Ricordati began as a tribute by Norm to his father. It has now evolved into a wine that
celebrates the memory of all of our friends and family who have passed away. A tribute to the positive impact they all have
had on our lives.
The Triangle On The Label
"Angeli d'Altri Tempi", "angels from other times" symbolizes how people that
we've come in contact with, our parents, siblings, and friends have all left some "imprint" on our personality and our values.
Their influence, collectively, make us what we are today. The three panels that encase the dark star symbolize the past, the
present, and the future. We believe we must never under-value, or forget the positive influence people have had on our lives
in the past. We must also not take for granted the help and support we receive from the people in our "present." And of course,
the mystery of who we will meet in our future.
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