The Vineyards at Tuscan Heights Lavender Gardens

Currently In the Grape Garden:
Primitivo
Sangiovese
Mascato Bianco
&
Baco Noir

See below for wine projects we are currently working on!

A Little Info about the Boca Noir Grape:

Tuscan Heights Lavender Gardens & The Vineyards at Tuscan Heights is currently in negotiations with The Vintner's Cellar of Redding, Ca
to attempt a Lavender Reisling Wine. We will first try a 5 gallon batch using Tuscan Heights Lavender Gardens USDA Certified Organic Culinary Grade
Angustifolia "Royal Velvet" variety. L. Angustifolia "Royal Velvet" is one of the SWEETEST varieties of culinary lavender grown at
Tuscan Heights Lavender Gardens. Hopes are for a successful batch of Shasta Counties first: "Royal Velvet Tuscan Lavender Reisling"

MORE INFO TO COME!

The Vintner's Cellar is located at:
1700 California Street * Redding, CA 96001
(530)222-WINE * www.vintnerscellarredding.com

The Vineyards at Tuscan Heights has started their first couple of batches of wine!

Richard is currently practicing with a homemade wine kit.
(we don't have any grapes quite yet.. a couple more years!)

Richards wine making adventure has started with:
5 gallons of Cabernet Sauvignon
5 gallons of Old Zinfandel
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Lynette is going to try her hand at a Lavender Loganberry & Kiwi Gold Raspberry Fruit wine.
Her hopes are to create a sweet, crisp and refreshing berry wine with a hint of Lavender, that will
pair amazing ling with all of the wonderful and creative summer salads she makes using all of the beautiful
edible flowers, culinary herbs, fresh current tomatoes and wild lettuce that grows Organically in the herb gardens!

Keep checking back for updates..

BACO NOIR:
(Pronounced "bak-ko noo-w-arh"). Has synonym name Baco No.1.
A sometimes overly vigorous French-American hybrid grape released in 1902 suited to heavy soils and used to make a high acid, deeply pigmented red
wine regarded by some as a good, if rustic, substitute for Cabernet Sauvignon, particularly if given a suitable finish (eg. oak).
Capable of aging, and sometimes requiring it, its origins trace to the Folle Blanche and a native American V. Riperia strain of grape.
Buds early with consequent danger of frost damage. Ripens in late September with susceptibility to bunch rot problems and is attractive to birds.
Extensively grown in the cool northern regions of N. America.

Abandoned by the French, you seem to have found a home in some chilly vineyards.
Tannic muscle is your strength. A lumberjack of vines, you are woodsy and full framed.
Your hardworking nature is praise-worthy and your ability to withstand the cold is a godsend for producers in Canada and in northern U.S. states.

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Baco noir (Baco No. 1) is an extremely vigorous variety that is best grown on heavy soils. Excessive vigor often occurs on light soils, increasing the risk of
winter injury. Early bud break increases the probability of spring frost damage. The variety is sensitive to attack by soil borne virus diseases. The fruit is
usually high in acid and produces wines of good quality that are normally deeply pigmented but low in tannin content.
This variety is very susceptible to black rot.
Description prepared by Bruce Bordelon, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Baco noir (pronounced BA-koh NWAHR; Baco noir is also called Baco 1) is a hybrid wine grape variety produced from a cross of Vitis vinifera var.
(Folle Blanche, a French wine grape) and a unknown variety of Vitis Riparia (an American wine grape). Baco noir was first created by French wine
hybridizer Maurice Baco (hence the name of the grape). Baco noir is grown in New York state, in the United States and Ontario, Canada.

Grape Details:
Baco Noir is an important commercial variety in the northeastern U.S. and in Canadian growing areas. Until the late 1960s, this moderately winter
hardy and early-ripening grape was still present in Burgundian vineyards. Today Baco Noir is the only commercially-important legacy of the
turn-of-the-century French hybridizer, Francois Baco...but in North America, not France.
A cross of Vitis vinifera (Folle Blanche) and a native American Vitis riparia variety, the cultivar is a vigorous grower with small clusters. It produces
full-bodied wines of deep color and extract, with ability to age due to relatively high acidity.

Characteristics of Wine:

Q: Explain the "Baco Noir" grape and flavor, vintner Giradet in Oregon.
A: Baco Noir is a hybrid red wine variety, developed a century ago by Frenchman Francois Baco, who crossed a white wine variety, Folle Blanche,
from the Vitis Vinefera species, with a wild (and unknown) native American red wine variety, from the Vitis Riparia species. It was one of the first
so-called French-American hybrids to be planted in the USA. Today, Baco Noir is planted primarily in eastern North America (in both the USA and
Canada), where it yields fruity, crisp, medium full bodied reds, of good--if somewhat rustic--character.

The Vineyards at Tuscan Heightstm
Le Vigne alle Altezze Toscane
12757 Fern Road East Whitmore, CA 96096 (530) 472-3066

Gerald Joseph Pisano Lorenzo Antonio Viglienzone
08/30/1936 - 03/22/2006 11/16/1916 - 11/23/2005

The Vineyards at Tuscan Heights is a dedication to Lynette's late father, Jerry Pisano and
Richard's late father, Lorenzo (Larry) Viglienzone.

With out their knowledge and assistance, none of this would have been possible.

May they both be proud of our family, and rest in eternal peace with GOD.

Spring 2008 in the Vineyards at Tuscan Heights....