The Old Vine

Mixed Blacks The Girard Mixed Blacks is one of our least understood and most under-appreciated wine we make. That’s really a shame because it’s a really fine red wine with incredible complexity, yet very approachable with a full body and soft tannins. However, when we talk about our Mixed Blacks, we often get some sideways [...]

Blending—it’s not rocket science. It’s more of an art form. The winemaker is the artist and his barrels of wine are his palette. Yet, in order for Girard wines to “blast-off” on your palate, our winemaker must blend the wine so that it shows his style of winemaking while remaining true to varietal and the terroir [...]