Graham Weerts Named Stonestreet Winemaker; South African Winemaker with Bordeaux Experience Returns to Sonoma County.HEALDSBURG, Calif. -- Jess Jackson, proprietor of Stonestreet Winery, announced the appointment of Graham Weerts as Winemaker. Weerts will work closely with Red Bordeaux Noun 1. red Bordeaux - dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine claret red wine - wine having a red color derived from skins of dark-colored grapes Winemaster Pierre Seillan to oversee all aspects of winemaking at the Jackson family's Alexander Mountain estate winery. The winery focuses solely on wines sourced from estate mountain and hillside vineyards. Weerts and Seillan have previously worked together in both Bordeaux, France and Sonoma County on Bordeaux red wine projects. Weerts was a trainee under Seillan's tutelage TUTELAGE. State of guardianship; the condition of one who is subject to the control of a guardian. at Chateau de Terrefort-Quancard in Bordeaux in 1995. In 1999 Weerts followed Seillan to Sonoma County to learn about Verite vé·ri·té n. Cinéma vérité. Winery that Jackson and Seillan created and has garnered critical acclaim. Weerts then went back to his South African homeland and worked as the winemaker at Diemersdal Estate and Devon Hill Winery. Since 2001, Weerts was the winemaker at Bellingham Winery near Paarl, South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. . "I am looking forward to working with Graham again in Sonoma County," said Seillan. "We will work together and apply the vigneron vigneron a cultivator of grape vines; viticulturist. See also: Wine concept to the unique mountain, ridge and hillside estate terroirs in Alexander Valley." "In 1999, I had the good fortune to work with some of the estate vineyards on the Alexander Mountain and realized immediately that this was a very special place," said Weerts. "When the Jackson family The Jackson family are an American family from Gary, Indiana whose members are among the most successful and influential figures in modern popular music. Sales clerk/housewife Katherine Jackson and steel mill worker Joseph Jackson (ex-member of an R&B band called The Falcons with and Pierre invited me to come back, I jumped at the opportunity to focus my efforts on these spectacular vineyards." Weerts holds a diploma in Wine Science, Viticulture and Pomology po·mol·o·gy n. The scientific study and cultivation of fruit. [Latin p  mum, fruit + -logy. from Elsenburg Agricultural College in Western Cape, South Africa. In addition to his expertise in the vineyard, Weerts is an avid canoeist and mountain biker. About Stonestreet Winery Stonestreet Winery is located at Jimtown in the heart of Alexander Valley. Established in 1989, this family-owned, 100% estate-sourced winery focuses on wines from its own mountain and hillside vineyards, particularly Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Stonestreet also produces small amounts of Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc. Editors note: Photos available of Graham Weerts. |
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