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Gloria Ferrer Caves & Vineyards
LocationSonoma, California, USA
AppellationCarneros AVA
Founded1986
Key peopleJosé and Gloria Ferrer, Owners; Bob Iantosca, Director of Winemaking; Mike Crumly, Vineyard Manager; Steven Urberg, Winemaker
Known forSonoma Brut, Blanc de Noirs and Carneros Cuvée
VarietalsSparkling wine, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay
Other productsolive oil
DistributionInternational

Gloria Ferrer Caves & Vineyards is a winery in Sonoma County, California that produces sparkling wines, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay and is located 40 miles northwest of San Francisco, California.

History

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Gloria and José Ferrer came from Barcelona, Spain in 1982, and founded Gloria Ferrer Caves & Vineyards in the Los Carneros region of Sonoma County, California in 1986. The Ferrer winery uses clonal research [1][2][3] to match grape varietals to diverse soil conditions. Bob Iantosca is the Director of Winemaking [4] and Mike Crumly is the Vineyard Manager. [5]

The winery hosted the International Climate Change Seminar in July 2008 [6] and was moderated by Pancho Campo, founder of the Wine Academy of Spain.

The wines are cultivated on two Sonoma Carneros properties, both planted with Pinot Noir [7] and Chardonnay. The 207-acre Home Ranch, with four different soil types, has elevations ranging from 50 to 325 feet, the 128-acre Circle Bar Ranch ranges from 50 to 280 feet and consists of 13 different blocks.

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1 Graduate research assistant, 2 Extension viticulturist, Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616; 3 Farm advisor, University of California Cooperative Extension,Copyright © 2006 by the American Society for Enology and Viticulture,"Viticultural Evaluation of Eleven Clones and Two Field Selections of Pinot noir Grown for Production of Sparkling Wine in Los Carneros, California", American Journal of Enology and Viticulture 57:3:371-376 (2006)]