California Red Blend Wine Ledgewood Creed Picnique Rhone Blend 2004 offers a full flavored, bold wine with fruit forward intensity and juicy, lush flavors. The dark, dense color prefaces a rich bouquet of plum and dark berries with hints of licorice and spice. The full-bodied, mouth filling texture of the wine is beautifully balanced for a noteworthy long, lingering finish. Produced with 63% Mourvedre, 21% Syrah and 16% Grenache grapes. For the cheap price, there is nothing in the market like it.

The Frisbie Family is dedicated to producing exceptional, Estate–Grown wines in the American Viticultural Area known as “Suisun Valley” located on the eastern Napa border. Long known for its commitment to the best vineyard practices, Ledgewood Creek Wines are crafted first and foremost in the vineyards, long before being placed in the artistic hands of their winemaker. The winery's beginnings date back to 1985 when Dean Frisbie bought a pear orchard in the little known Suisun Valley viticultural area. To honor the pioneering Peabody family and their long-standing farming history in the valley, they named the orchard Peabody Ranch. By 1989, vineyards had replaced the pear orchard and the original Peabody Ranch was soon incorporated into what is now Ledgewood Creek Winery & Vineyards. With Ledgewood Creek running along the property's northern edge and with Abernathy Road bordering it's eastern edge, the original Peabody Ranch vineyard proved so successful that the overall holdings grew to include over 350 acres planted with grapes. In the early part of 2001, a descision was made to start producing some wine that would be available for sale. The vineyards and winery remain family-owned and operated with patriarch Dean Frisbie as General Manager, son James sharing his time between wine sales and vineyard marketing, and son Tom working with the web-site while living at the winery, full-time. The Frisbies' philosophy has always been, "If it is broken, fix it…and if it is not, how can we improve upon it?" Those who grow the grapes at Ledgewood Creek work tirelessly to find the vineyard's best expression of fruit quality and continued vine balance. This means constant fine tuning of canopy management, fertilization schedules, irrigation techniques, and crop tonnages. Fruit at Ledgewood Creek is harvested by hand - the red grapes by day, and the whites at night. Night harvesting, while costly and time consuming, has proven the best method to control the quality of the fruit harvested.

RATINGS: Gold Medal - Orange County Fair
Silver Medal - Grand Harvest Awards
Bronze Medal - Jerry Mead New World International Wine Competition
Bronze Medal - Monterey Wine Competition
Bronze Medal - San Diego Wine Competition