{"id":708,"date":"2025-02-10T21:11:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T05:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calexpo.com\/?page_id=708"},"modified":"2025-04-06T22:13:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T06:13:34","slug":"vineyard-of-the-year-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/calexpo.com\/vineyard-of-the-year-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Vineyard of the Year Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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2019 Recipient \u2013 Dick Cooper Ranch<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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The Cooper Ranch has been around since the 1800\u2019s, but did not plant grapes until 1970. Dick asked Darrell Corti what grapes he should plant, and lacking a piece of paper, Darrell wrote the varieties Barbera and Dolcetto on a dollar bill and gave it to Dick. Dick looked around and could not find Dolcetto, but got enough cuttings from neighbor Cary Gott (Montevina) to plant 5 acres of Barbera. The vines did well and Dick sold the grapes to winemakers like Scott Harvey, Jeff Runquist and Bill Easton, all of whom have garnered dozens of awards at the California State Fair, Los Angeles International and the San Francisco Chronicle wine competitions.<\/p>

Since then, the Cooper Ranch Vineyards have grown to 100 acres, mostly Barbera, with a total of 17 varieties on the property. Dick has helped at least a dozen other growers plant Barbera, and in addition to Zinfandel, Amador County is well known for the variety.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

In 2013 a Barbera Festival was born, which today some 80 producers pour there, including some from Italy. In chatting with the family, Mr. Cooper wants the committee to know that \u201cthis is a family operation, we have many good long time employees, we have good soil and good luck, and we are proud of what we have accomplished.\u201d Darrell Corti\u2019s dollar bill is on display in the tasting room.<\/p><\/div><\/section>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Year<\/th>\nRecipient<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
2018<\/strong><\/td>\nParaiso Vineyard\/Smith Family Home Ranch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/strong><\/td>\nDutton Ranch Home Vineyard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/strong><\/td>\nVineyard 1869\/Original Grandpere<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/strong><\/td>\nNavarro Vineyards, Anderson Valley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/strong><\/td>\nBechthold Vineyard, San Joaquin County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/strong><\/td>\nDeaver Vineyard, Amador County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/strong><\/td>\nMonte Rosso Vineyard, Napa Valley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/strong><\/td>\nTo Kalon Vineyard, Napa Valley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/strong><\/td>\nBien Nacido, Santa Maria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/strong><\/td>\nRidge Vineyard \u2013 Monte Bello, Santa Cruz Mountains<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2019 Recipient \u2013 Dick Cooper Ranch The Cooper Ranch has been around since the 1800\u2019s, but did not plant grapes until 1970. Dick asked Darrell Corti what grapes he should […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":643,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-708","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/calexpo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/calexpo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/calexpo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calexpo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calexpo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/calexpo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":713,"href":"https:\/\/calexpo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/708\/revisions\/713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calexpo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/calexpo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}