{"id":3171,"date":"2025-12-31T14:34:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T14:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=3171"},"modified":"2026-01-11T20:11:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T20:11:05","slug":"revisit-dry-creek-vineyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=3171","title":{"rendered":"Revisit: Dry Creek Vineyard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In this issue at the start of 2026, <\/em>Power Tasting begins a new feature that we are calling Revisits.  There has been so much change in the wine tasting experience in recent years, largely spurred by the pandemic.  The great majority of wine tastings are by reservation only and are sit-down affairs.  In some wineries, this has been a positive improvement.  In others it has taken away from the overall experience.  <\/em>Power Tasting will continue to review wineries as we discover them, anywhere in the world.  But now we will report on ones we have reviewed in the past as well.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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There is very little evident change in visiting Dry Creek Vineyard, where we have been stopping for decades, as well as being club members.\u00a0 The spacious lawn, with it picnicking facilities is still there, under the same spreading trees that somehow always seem to have leaves, no matter the season.\u00a0 With the Dry Creek General Store<\/a> just up the road, we often take advantage of the picnic tables with the lunches we’ve brought with us. Oh, yes, and with a glass of wine to wash them down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The building housing the tasting room is still a vine-covered stone building, though maybe the vines have spread a little further up the walls.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The tasting room also is little changed, except that instead of standing at the bar, visitors can sit on stools at the bar or at tables made of a glass top on a wine barrel.  We always found the servers to be knowledgeable about Dry Creek\u2019s wines and that hasn\u2019t changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also unchanged is the huge selection of quality wines.\u00a0 Where else could one person do a tasting of only Zinfandels and another only of Bordeaux varietals.\u00a0 As club members, we are familiar with most of them, but rarely get to try them side-by-side<\/a>. And yes, we still prefer the Wallace Ranch Zin and the Endeavor Bordeaux blend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is still a nautical theme to the tasting room, which is somewhat discordant in a place surrounded by vines and 20 miles from the Pacific.  But it\u2019s pretty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes they do ask for reservations, but we\u2019re pretty sure they could accommodate small parties at all times.  So all in all, if you enjoyed Dry Creek in the past, you won\u2019t find much difference.  And if you haven\u2019t tasted wine at Dry Creek, it\u2019s very much worth your while to stop by.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this issue at the start of 2026, Power Tasting begins a new feature that we are calling Revisits.  There has been so much change in the wine tasting experience in recent years, largely spurred by the pandemic.  The great majority of wine tastings are by reservation only and are sit-down affairs.  In some wineries, … Continue reading Revisit: Dry Creek Vineyard<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3171"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3171"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3199,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3171\/revisions\/3199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}