Ferdinand Wines
In the fall of 2006 Evan Frazier flew to France for his first harvest. I spent the next few months working in the small Roussillon village of Maury picking grapes, hauling boxes, processing fruit, and learning cellar work. The experience I had there with old vines, steep schist slopes, and of getting (literally) up to my elbows in fermentations, convinced me to move to Napa upon my return where I continued on with an apprenticeship in winemaking.
Though my first experience in winemaking was geographically in France, it was culturally in the Cathar and Catalan country just across the Pyrenees from Spain. As I set out to make my own wines, I again looked toward Spain. For my first vintage, I started with just one ton of Albariño from Markus Bokisch’s Vista Luna Vineyard. In 2011, I began to make Tempranillo from Ann Kraemer’s Shake Ridge Vineyard. Today the Ferdinand label also includes Garancha Blanca, Mazuelo (Carignan) and Graciano.
Evan Frazier
Spanish wine varieties in bottle and in can by Evan Frazier. Made in California since 2010.
