The Scheid Family is Monterey's largest family-owned grape grower and winemaker.
At the very least, their grapes are used by many of the region's leading wineries.
The Scheid Family is one of the few wineries in the United States that has its own wind power generation facility and is also committed to sustainability.The Scheid Vineyards series is a rare wine that can usually only be purchased by visiting the tasting room.
<Limited quantity> Gewurztraminer is an aromatic variety grown around the world, primarily in the Alsace region of France.
The German word "Gewurz" means "spice," and it's exactly this character that makes Gewurztraminer so great.
The 2021 Gewürztraminer is an aromatic wine with aromas of lychee, pineapple and citrus fruits and floral notes of honeysuckle.
The palate is medium-bodied with balanced acidity and bright tropical fruit aromas.
The perfect balance of residual sugar and refreshing acidity gives this wine great versatility, making it delicious not only as an aperitif but also to accompany a variety of foods.
Spicy seasoned dishes, soft milk cheeses, fresh fruit, balsamic glazed ribs, sweet potato pecan pie and more are perfect for your holiday dining table.
The grapes used are mainly from our own vineyard, Viento Vineyard.
The name Viento means wind in Spanish and this breezy vineyard was named after the dependable wind that sweeps through the vineyard gallery each afternoon around 2pm.
The cool, windy climate allows for slow grape ripening, resulting in excellent Gewürztraminer.
The fruit, which is characterised by small berries and clusters, has a distinctive burnt pink colour and the highly pigmented skin often imparts a deep golden colour to the wine.
The spicy taste of Gewurz can be felt even when eating the grapes themselves.
Monterey County is known for its long hang times, and the 2021 growing season was blessed with mild temperatures that extended those periods even further.
The season began with unusually heavy rainfall in late January.
Drought conditions returned in the summer, combined with a constant marine fog, which delayed grape ripening.
During summer and early fall, marine fog moved offshore, bringing some much-needed sunshine and heat, albeit late.
The extended time on the vine allowed the fruit to ripen slowly, resulting in refined phenolic development and excellent fruit quality that shines throughout the wines of the 2021 vintage.
This wine was pressed, then cooled and aged using Steinberg yeast, developed in Germany.
Steinberg yeast is known for providing long fermentation times and enhancing fruit character.
To enhance the varietal aromas and fruit characteristics, the juice was slowly fermented in stainless steel tanks at very low temperatures.
By cooling before the end of fermentation and filtering early, we are able to retain the natural sweetness and improve the fruitiness and mouthfeel.
Scheid Vineyards founder, Al Scheid, first purchased 15 acres of land on the outskirts of Greenfield, California in 1972.
At the time, wine grape growing was in its infancy in Monterey County, but Al was attracted to the region's winemaking potential.
So they consulted with Professor A.J. Winkler, an authority on grape cultivation at the University of California, Davis, who had created a climate region distribution map for grape cultivation in 1960, and gradually purchased land within Monterey County, which covers regions from Region I to Region IV, and planted grape varieties suitable for each region.
Founded by Al, Scheid Vineyards grew steadily and continued to grow with the addition of his son Scott in 1986, grape growing specialist Kurt Gornick in 1988, and his daughter Heidi in 1992.
The company now owns 12 vineyards (totaling 1,600 hectares) in the Salinas Valley, which stretches 112 km from north to south, from Region I to Region IV.
The company also built a state-of-the-art winery with a production capacity of 1.8 million cases, as well as a smaller winery for handcrafted wines, and continues to produce world-class Monterey wines.