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"DESSERT WINES PERFECT COMPANIONFOR HOLIDAY MEALS- AND GIFTS""
LAURIE JERVIS, FROM THE VINE, DECEMBER 16th, 2010
"...Winemaker Rick Longoriaa, however, recently released a dessert-style wine he crafted from a less traditional grape varietal - Albariño, the white grape that originated in northwest Spain."
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"FINESSED AND LIGHT: CALIFORNIA PINOT
NOIRS WITH A MANIFESTO"
ERIC ASIMOV, THE NEW YORK TIMES, MARCH
11TH, 2009
"'The ultimate use for wine is pairing with food,” said Rick Longoria,
who makes intense yet balanced pinot noirs in Santa Barbara County.
'There is no greater experience than the beautiful synergy between wine
and food that elevates both.'"
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"PONDERING PINOTS"
ERIC ASIMOV,
THE NEW YORK TIMES, MARCH 10TH, 2009
"I wouldn’t call Rick Longoria’s wines light. They are sizeable, yet dry
and well-shaped. I especially like his pinot noirs from his own Fe
Ciega Vineyard in the Santa Rita Hills, for their distinctive, dry,
black cherry and sage flavors."
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"THE FACES OF LOMPOC WINE"
GEORGIA
FREEDMAN, SAVEUR MAGAZINE, ISSUE #118, MARCH 2009
"Rick Longoria could be called the accidental founding father of the
Lompoc Wine Ghetto. Back in the spring of 1998, he planted his first
vineyard, Fe Ciega, on a slope in the Santa Rita Hills, when he began
contemplating the difficulties of getting the grapes from the fairly
remote location, on the narrow and winding Santa Rosa Road to the Santa
Ynez Valley, where most wineries in the area were located."
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"TASTING NOTES: WINES FROM THE LOMPOC
WINE GHETTO"
GEORGIA FREEDMAN, SAVEUR MAGAZINE, ISSUE #118, MARCH
2009
2006 Longoria Pinot Noir, Fe Ciega Vineyard
"A robust cherry
aroma with hints of gorgonzola cheese gives way to a darkly fruity,
spicy, and slightly tannic flavor."
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"PIONEER SPIRIT"
GEORGIA FREEDMAN,
SAVEUR MAGAZINE, ISSUE #118, MARCH 2009
2006 Longoria Chardonnay, Cuvée Diana
"Rick Longoria opened
his Cuvée Diana chardonnay, an apple-y, bright wine named for his
wife...."
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"9 SANTA BARBARA COUNTY WINES YOU MUST
TASTE IN 2009 (OR BEFORE YOU DIE)"
DENNIS SCHAEFER, SANTA BARBARA
NEWS PRESS, JANUARY 1ST, 2009
2006 Longoria Blues Cuvée, Number Three Out of Nine
"Rick
Longoria has been making this proprietary blended wine, with an emphasis
on Cabernet Franc, since 1993. It has evolved over the years to become
the best red wine he can make, showcasing his considerable blending
skills. A fragrant nose of red cherry and spice gives way to red and
blues fruits, sandalwood, herbs and vanilla. My wife (this wine is her
fave) pulled out a 1996 Blues Cuvée last weekend to go with the balsamic
and herb roasted pork loin. Superb! The Blues Cuvée ages fantastically
well." -Dennis Schaefer
SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT - JULY 2008
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