On our last visit, we\u2019re looking at the wine list to choose a bottle for dinner and Lucie saw that they had a Pinot Noir called Gauthier, spelled exactly the same way as her name.\u00a0 Lucie told the waiter that her name was Gauthier and asked him to bring us two glasses of this wine, but we were told that it was not sold by the glass, only by the bottle.\u00a0\u00a0 So we decided to buy a bottle and if we didn\u2019t like it, we\u2019d order something else.\u00a0 We could not leave without tasting that Gauthier Pinot Noir.\u00a0 It was a smooth Pinot; we enjoyed it and of course finished the bottle.\u00a0 We took the empty bottle with us with the idea that we would try to find the winery and pay a visit.<\/p>\n
We found the address of Gauthier Cellars and on our way to visit Etude and Truchard wineries (we are members of their clubs), we finally found a winery with that address but the name of the winery was Bouchaine Vineyards. We knew and had visited Bouchaine in past years.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0We walked inside the tasting room and Lucie asked one of the guys at the bar pouring wine for customers, \u201cDoes anyone know where we can find Gauthier Cellars?\u201d \u00a0\u00a0The answer came from the other man at the end of the bar who was helping customers. “Yes I do. I\u2019m Greg Gauthier, the winemaker”.\u00a0 <\/em>\u00a0Lucie replied that her name was also Gauthier. \u00a0They shook hands, talked about each other\u2019s roots and Lucie told Greg that we had tasted his wine at Bounty Hunter and that we felt we had to find the winery, bien s\u00fbr<\/em>!\u00a0 He immediately gave us each an empty glass and invited us to follow him for a private tour of the cellar. We were introduced to Michael Richmond, the winemaker at Bouchaine and the owner of the vineyard that grew the grapes of that Pinot Noir we drank.\u00a0 We walked all together through the cellar.\u00a0 \u00a0We had a fantastic time, listening to Greg Gauthier\u2019s winemaking story, talking with him and tasting wines directly from the barrels.<\/p>\n According to Greg\u2019s research on the history of Gauthiers in the wine trade, the name can be found in France in the Champagne, Cognac and Loire Valley regions. But he says that his roots and passion for winemaking are strictly American.\u00a0 In 2002, with the acquisition of three tons of Carneros Pinot Noir grapes, Gauthier Select Vineyards was founded. \u00a0Gauthier Select Vineyards (that\u2019s the name of the company, although the label says just Gauthier and the web site is www.gauthiercellars.com<\/span><\/a>) is now in its 13th year of operation.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0His production of Pinot Noir is small and unfortunately his wine cannot be found in New York, but can be ordered directly from Gauthier Select Vineyards.<\/p>\n You understand that this is Lucie\u2019s post.\u00a0 She is from Qu\u00e9bec and very proud of her roots.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wine Country is full of surprises and encounters.\u00a0 Here is one of those. The last time we were in Napa Valley, we had dinner at one of our favorite local places in downtown Napa called Bounty Hunter Wine Bar and Smokin\u2019 BBQ.\u00a0 First, this is an amazing “mixed place” \u2013 a wine shop, a bar … Continue reading Finding your wine roots<\/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":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48"}],"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=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions\/50"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Gauthier](\"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Gauthier-Pinot-Noir-169x300.jpg\")
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