Kestrel Vineyards 2010 Old Vine Chardonnay from Wente clone Chardonnay vines planted in 1972 at the Kestrel Estate in Yakima Valley, the oldest Chardonnay in the state of Washington. The ...

Some history: The Wente Chardonnay clone, from cuttings imported in 1912 ... with wine purchases of $50 or more). The 26-year-old facility on the southern edge of town is grander, featuring ...

This five-wine flight also includes a wine produced from the same clone in Napa by Stony Hill Vineyard as well as Wente’s Morning Fog and Murietta’s Well. If guests have a bottle, which they ...

He and future generations of his family are credited with establishing the Wente Clone of Chardonnay. Over 80 percent of today’s California Chardonnays are derived from this special clone.

Without Ernest Wente's intervention, Americans' favorite wine grape variety would indeed be "anything but chardonnay." One hundred years ago, the Wente Vineyards vineyard manager brought cuttings ...

with cuttings first planted in 1912. The vines with the most favorable traits were replanted to establish the Wente clone, and the nation’s first varietally labeled chardonnay was released in 1936.

Now, although worldwide there are 34 clones of Chardonnay, most of the Chardonnay produced in California is from the Wente clone. Nobody really thought about the great white grape of Burgundy ...