Robert Biale Vineyards
Biale Winery specializes in making single vineyard Zinfandels. They use grapes grown throughout California. Biale also makes several other varietals including Syrah, Sangiovese, and Barbera.
| Region: | Napa Valley |
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| Sub Region: | Oak Knoll |
| Wine: | View all wines |
During the 1920s, Pietro and Christina Biale moved to Napa Valley from Northern Italy. They began planting Zinfandel vines on their new property. There are few families in the state with a comparable legacy producing California’s grape.
In the waning years of Prohibition, local residents would visit Pietro and ask for a “black chicken.” This was the code word for a jug of Zinfandel. Aldo, the current patriarch of the family, named one of his Zinfandels after this story.
In 1991, the winery made their first vintage of 400 cases. Zinfandel from 60 year old vines was used for this inaugural wine. The property has since been named “Aldo’s Vineyard,” and is located in the Oak Knoll AVA. In addition to their many Zinfandel bottlings, Biale Winery also makes an excellent Syrah with grapes sourced from Alexander Valley. Al Perry is the winemaker at Biale.
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Posted 175 days ago.
mulugetatb said:
I want to visit Robert Biale vinyars!
Posted 492 days ago.
zincat said:
Biale does tastings by appt. and you can go to their websight and get on the mailing list. Sometimes, it is hard to get. Go to the Websight
Posted 516 days ago.
ryan said:
Hi Crystal, we're putting together some good wine tours. It will be posted on the blog when they are done.
Posted 1025 days ago.
crystal said:
Im going to Calif. this week are there any good tours you can recomend --- while staying on a reserved budget???
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