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LA Dodgers to sell own wine range
Major League baseball team the Los Angeles Dodgers has begun to sell its own special range of LA Dodgers wine.
Qupé winemaker Bob Lindquist is and lifelong LA Dodgers fan (Photo: Qupé)
The LA Dodgers Club Series includes a Santa Barbara Syrah and Chardonnay, and a Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon, and is made in collaboration with Central Coast winery Qupé.
Bob Lindquist, winemaker and former owner of Qupé, makes the wine and is a lifelong LA Dodgers fan, according to Wine Searcher.
The range is based on the wines from Qupé, Lindquist said, but with the blends “tweaked to make them unique”.
“Nobody had done something with the Dodgers,” Lindquist told Wine Searcher. “The only thing was, I didn’t want to make something with bulk wine. I wanted to make something with vineyards I always work with.”
Released with an initial run of 1,100 cases for each wine, the Club Series has been available from March 1.
It will be sold in Southern California and Central Coast retail shops, the Phoenix area – where the team holds its spring training sessions – and in Bakersfield – which used to host the Dodgers’ minor league team.
The LA Dodgers Club Series 2013 Syrah, priced at $24, is sourced from grapes primarily from the Bien Nacido and Sawyer Lindquist Vineyards.
It includes a small proportion of Syrah from other Central Coast vineyards, including Ibarra-Young and French Camp. There is also a small addition of Grenache from Sawyer Lindquist. The wine is aged for 27 months in French oak.
The wine carries the following blurb on the LA Dodgers website:
“Before California was even a state, Los Angeles was a town waiting for a baseball team it could go to bat for. And every year, the Dodgers™show how they can tame the wild West. They do it with perseverance and a diverse blend of character.
“California also has a wine to match: this Syrah from Qupé. It represents the best in traditional wine making, with a dry, fresh, savoury and balanced style. Vintner/owner Bob Lindquist takes three things seriously: wine, baseball and not taking things too seriously. This red bleeds Dodgers blue.”
The San Francisco Giants baseball team – the Dodgers’ local rivals – already have a a traditional method sparkling wine which carries their logo which is made by Mumm Napa.