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his offerings to include small lots of of lots small include to offerings his vintages, Rick became deeply familiar familiar deeply became Rick vintages,

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about a mile across the valley. valley. the across mile a about (including Doug Nalle and John John and Nalle Doug (including

Amphora to its current (larger) space space (larger) current its to Amphora Sonoma and Napa Counties Counties Napa and Sonoma

growing winery. In 2006, he moved moved he 2006, In winery. growing and most passionate winemakers in in winemakers passionate most and

knew he needed a larger home for his his for home larger a needed he knew apprenticing with some of the best best the of some with apprenticing

before they were even bottled, Rick Rick bottled, even were they before honed his winemaking skills by by skills winemaking his honed

wines, and they began selling out out selling began they and wines, youth. Over the ensuing years, Rick Rick years, ensuing the Over youth.

enthusiastic following for his Amphora Amphora his for following enthusiastic the summer canning sessions of his his of sessions canning summer the

of-mouth publicity built an an built publicity of-mouth jellies in his mother's kitchen during during kitchen mother's his in jellies

for his first few vintages, but as word- as but vintages, few first his for him of the enticing scents of jams and and jams of scents enticing the of him

vineyard. The tiny space was perfect perfect was space tiny The vineyard. of fermentation and wine reminded reminded wine and fermentation of

redwood barn in a Dry Creek Valley Valley Creek Dry a in barn redwood immediately felt at home as the aromas aromas the as home at felt immediately

them in a tiny basement of an old old an of basement tiny a in them cellar there for the first time, Rick Rick time, first the for there cellar

Rick had made the wines and aged aged and wines the made had Rick tender age of 20 in 1975. Entering the the Entering 1975. in 20 of age tender

from Dry Creek Valley vineyards. vineyards. Valley Creek Dry from working at Sebastiani Vineyards at the the at Vineyards Sebastiani at working

amount of Zinfandel and Petite Sirah Sirah Petite and Zinfandel of amount first became involved with wine while while wine with involved became first

Winery came in 1997 with a tiny tiny a with 1997 in came Winery A native of Sonoma County, Rick Rick County, Sonoma of native A

The first release from Amphora Amphora from release first The Healdsburg in Northern California. California. Northern in Healdsburg

continue to grace the wine labels today. today. labels wine the grace to continue Winery, which is nestled in the heart of of heart the in nestled is which Winery,

icons for his fledgling winery, and and winery, fledgling his for icons family, and visitors to Amphora Amphora to visitors and family,

hand-made amphorae became the the became amphorae hand-made his beloved bottlings with friends, friends, with bottlings beloved his

. His His . with art and wine varietal and vineyard. He enjoys sharing sharing enjoys He vineyard. and varietal Amphora Winery Amphora

wine, Rick married his passions for for passions his married Rick wine, expressive wines that reflect their their reflect that wines expressive

When the time came to make his own own his make to came time the When vineyards, and in turn, craft balanced, balanced, craft turn, in and vineyards,

Greeks and Romans to store wine. wine. store to Romans and Greeks possible from the region's most stellar stellar most region's the from possible

original clay jars used by the ancient ancient the by used jars clay original farmers to nurture the best grapes grapes best the nurture to farmers

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working with clay. He started crafting a a crafting started He clay. with working beyond. Since the beginning, Rick has has Rick beginning, the Since beyond.

his natural talent and passion for for passion and talent natural his varietals from the Dry Creek Valley and and Valley Creek Dry the from varietals

pottery class on a whim and discovered discovered and whim a on class pottery hands-on estate crafting a wide range of of range wide a crafting estate hands-on

Around the same time, Rick joined a a joined Rick time, same the Around 1997, Amphora Winery is a small small a is Winery Amphora 1997,

wines from the Dry Creek Valley AVA. AVA. Valley Creek Dry the from wines Founded by Rick Hutchinson in in Hutchinson Rick by Founded

wineries of California's Dry Creek Valley. Valley. Creek Dry California's of wineries

handmade pottery with Amphora Winery, one of the top boutique boutique top the of one Winery, Amphora with pottery handmade

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GOLD MEDAL WINE CLUB’S WINE MEDAL GOLD Volume 11 Issue 14 Issue 11 Volume ...continued from front Pinot Noir, and Chardonnay. He has also joined a mere handful of California producers of Teroldego (a rare northern Italian varietal), and more recently, added Mourvedre, Grenache, and Alicante Bouschet to the Amphora lineup - and that's just a glimpse of his current offerings! Rick actually crafts about twenty different varietals for Amphora Winery, which is rather impressive. Most of the grapes are sourced from Dry Creek Valley and Russian River Valley vineyards. Rick says his winemaking style is all about balance. "Vines and wines are like people," Rick has stated. "Those with good balance live longer and age more gracefully. The total wine experience - the bouquet, the mouthfeel, and the taste - should be all-pleasing." Amphora wines are certainly pleasing a lot of people. Several of his wines have earned prestigious medals and high-end ratings from the top competitions and wine industry publications, including this month's featured wine, the 2013 Peters Vineyard Pinot Noir. We are pleased to present this wonderful wine to our Pinot Noir Wine Club members. Enjoy!

AMPHORA 2013 PINOT NOIR Peters Vineyard, Russian River Valley, Sonoma County Produced from the classic Peters Vineyard in the heart of the Goldridge BEST OF CLASS award-winning district of Russian River Valley, the Amphora 2013 Pinot – San Francisco 146 cases Noir is an incredible bottling. Dark garnet in color, this wine offers aromas Chronicle Wine of Christmas spice, dark cherry and black tea with rich, ripe flavors of Competition produced cherry pie and red currant. Aged 10 months in oak. Enjoy now until 2021.

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