the Rizzo winery NOTEBOOK
At Rizzo, we want to help our valued customers learn about how many hands this bottle went through before reaching their glass - or why wine has been the chosen beverage for thousands of years throughout history. We wanted to share the tools that enable our wine lovers to feel confident about discussing the bottle of Rizzo they are drinking with friends.
We created the Notebook to help get you there and to pass on our wealth of knowledge to you.
Summer Is Here!
Rizzo Winery is celebrating the summer season with a flight to cool you down while you soak in the sun on our patio, and new hours on Friday so you can stay later with your friends and make those summer memories!
To celebrate the season we’ve got a special flight and new hours!
To us, Summer means getting off early and hitting the happy hour! At Rizzo, happy hours are here all summer long on Fridays from 3 to 7 PM. Reservations are encouraged as we have a small space, but they’re not required. We understand that some things are spontaneous, and we hope you spontaneously decide to visit our Estate Tasting Room!
While tasting through our Summer Breeze flight you’ll feel as free as that bird of prey hunting the sky in the photo above. It begins with our bright 2017 Chardonnay, made entirely in glass. This keeps the flavors fresh and authentic to Chardonnay itself. To continue keeping your cool through the flight is our delicious 2015 Viognier made from grapes on our estate! A heavier, creamy mouthfeel with this white wine gives us a different perspective from the Chardonnay before and gives us the best of both worlds. Our 2019 Pinot Noir Rosé is darker than most rosé’s, a little more time with the skins increases the color in the wine, but also the flavor complexity! This wine is perfect if you want to bridge the gap between rosé and red wine, or to convert your red wine loving friend to the rosé side. To finish off the flight we have our 2014 Carménère, a silky and spicy red wine that pairs perfectly with vegetables right off the BBQ!
Our Estate Tasting Room is Open
Friday 3-7 PM, Saturday and Sunday 11-4 PM
Celebrating Mali For International Women's Day!
We’re celebrating International Women’s Day by gushing over our incredible Director of Operations, Mali Lubash! She joined our team almost a year ago and has made leaps and bounds of improvements to our business. We are so lucky to have her.
Mali Lubash does it all, a truly remarkable woman that we are so lucky to have on our team. She is the Director of Operations here at Rizzo Winery, she makes the wine with David Rizzo, takes all of those stunning photographs you see on our social media, she is constantly teaching us everything about wine with her WSET 3 certificate, and even is taking our vineyard to Biodynamic places. Everyday it seems that there is truly nothing she can’t do.
We celebrate her talents, her drive, her intelligence, and her enthusiasm every day, but today being International Women’s Day we wanted to share with the world how important our leading lady is! Thank you for everything you do Mali, you’re a rockstar.