HandCraft Malbec 2013 Archives

March 30, 2020October 23, 2026

HandCraft Wines

HandCraft Malbec 2013 and HandCraft Pinot Grigio 2014. Click here for tasting notes.

Cheryl Indelicato is part of the third generation of the family that owns Delicato Family Vineyards. Delicato offers wines under such brands as HandCraft Wines, Black Stallion, Bota Box, Gnarly Head, La Merika, Massimo, and others.

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Although you will see vintage dates throughout Winervana, I don’t put too much importance on them. Major producers these days strive for a consistent style, and largely succeed. (Especially in California, aided by the usually even climate there.) For instance, when shopping for a particular wine, if you have a choice between a current release and one that’s a few years old, there will certainly be differences in price and the character of the wine. But upon release, those two examples of the same wine are likely to be quite similar, especially for New World producers, who often enjoy more reliably consistent weather than Old World producers do. (Of course, global climate change may disrupt things for everybody.)

Wine Enthusiast has an interesting post about this here.