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Feature Article
California (State Appellation)
JAQK Cellars Plays Its AVA Cards Right
A distinctive wine growing area, or AVA, brings wine its diversity. Yet, one might ask, what is the potential for distinctive wines stemming from blending a panoply of specific AVA characteristics?
by
Eleanor & Ray Heald
March 27, 2009
eadquartered in San Francisco, JAQK Cellars is playing its cards right to craft a royal flush portfolio which showcases the art of AVA blending. JAQK (Jack, Ace, Queen, King) may have been testing its luck or even tempting fate, yet winemaker Craig MacLean believes he’s rolled the AVA and terroir dice well with a full house of JAQK wines.
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