Larson Family Winery Explained

Winery Name:	Larson Family Winery
Location City:	Sonoma, California
Location Country:	USA
Appellation:	Los Carneros AVA
Former Name:	Sonoma Creek Winery
Other Labels:	Millerick Road
Year Founded:	1987 ^[1]
First Vintage:	1988
Key People:	Bob Larson, Tom Larson, Becky Larson ^[2]
Cases Per Year:	3,500 ^[3]
Varietal1:	Chardonnay
Varietal2:	Pinot grigio
Varietal3:	Gewurztraminer
Varietal4:	Pinot noir
Varietal5:	Cabernet Sauvignon
Other Product1:	Meritage
Tasting:	open to the public^[4]

Sonoma Valley's Larson Family Winery is on Sonoma Creek in the Los Carneros AVA of Sonoma County.^[5]

History

The site of the winery in the Schellville region of Sonoma Valley was first a ranch, then later the site of the Sonoma Rodeo. ^[6] The land has been in the family for generations ^[7] and is where notable horse trainer Buster Millerick who worked with Seabiscuit learned to ride.^[8]

Winery

Larson Family Winery has produced many award winning wines. A few of these include their 2008 Late Harvest Carneros Gewürtztraminer, which won gold in the 2011 SF Chronicle Wine Competition,^[9] and the 2009 Pinot noir Rose won 90 points and a Silver Medal at the California State Fair^[10] and the 2008 Late Harvest Carneros Gewürztraminer won gold in the 2011 SF Chronicle Wine Competition.

External links

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Notes and References

1. Book: James Halliday. Wine Atlas of California Wine. 1993. Viking Penguin. 0-67084950-2. 57. registration.
2. News: Not your parents' tasting room . November 9, 2007 . James . DeFao . San Francisco Chronicle.
3. Web site: Santa Rosa Press Democrat by Harvest . 2012-05-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120518111248/http://zoominlocal.com/santa-rosa-press-democrat/2011/04/15/s2/#?article=1234740 . 2012-05-18 . dead .
4. News: Winery Tour . sonomanews.com . Mar 9, 2011 . David . Bolling . dead . https://archive.today/20120910205947/http://www.sonomanews.com/Sonoma-Magazine/Fall-2010/Winery-tour . 2012-09-10 .
5. News: Take a vacation and relax in the ambiance of a local winery . July 13, 2009 . Virginia . Boone . The Press Democrat.
6. Web site: Historic Timeline - Sonoma Valley, California . 2012-05-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111212022809/http://www.sonomavalleywiki.info/Historic_Timeline# . 2011-12-12 . dead .
7. Web site: Becky Larson - Sonoma Magazine - Fall 2011 - Sonoma, CA . 2012-05-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111126205125/http://www.sonomanews.com/Sonoma-Magazine/Fall-2011/Becky-Larson/# . 2011-11-26 . dead .
8. http://www.larsonfamilywinery.com/pages/ wildwest.html Larson Family Winery
9. News: Winery guide . Sonomanews.com . David . Bolling . September 29, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111126211451/http://www.sonomanews.com/Sonoma-Magazine/Fall-2011/Winery-Guide/ . November 26, 2011 .
10. http://www.bigfun.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/.../07-byVarietal-final.pdf/