Riaza Wines

An evening of paella

Our first-ever evening of paella was a huge success. Addy (of Addy’s Paella fame) prepared the perfect pan of paella…right in the tasting room! Folks got to watch her from start to finish,…Read more

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We are Riaza

Welcome to Riaza Wines. Our goal is to consistently create high-quality, hand-crafted Spanish wines from distinctive vineyards in Lodi, Clarksburg and the Sierra Foothills. In a lot of respects, that’s kind of our mission…Read more

Friday Night Art Hop

Erin and I just inked a deal to become one of the newest venues for Lodi’s First Friday Art Hop series. So the first Friday of every month – between now and the…Read more

Row marker for our Verdejo from Heringer-Holland Vineyard

Row 296 marks the beginning of our Verdejo block at Heringer-Holland Vineyard in Clarksburg. 2012 was our first real opportunity to work with this grape and what a year it was! Look for our…Read more

2012 Garnacha from Hunter’s Oak Vineyard – Lodi

Our 2012 Garnacha from Hunter’s Oak Vineyard in Lodi’s Clements Hills region just before being pressed off. Fermentation took about 10 days to complete and from here, it’s straight to the barrels where our…Read more

Coming soon

So late last month, we bottled close to 800 cases of wine! The final line-up included our 2012 Verdejo from Clarksburg, our 2011 Garnacha from Lodi’s Clements Hills region, a Monsatrell from Amador County,…Read more

Firefall Vineyard… home of our El Dorado Tempranillo

New to the line up for 2011, this vineyard produces some pretty mean Tempranillo. We’ve got two barrels in the bottling queue for the end of the month (which are tasting phenomenal) and are…Read more

Tempranillo from Hunter's Oak Vineyard being hand-picked

2012 Tempranillo from Hunter’s Oak Vineyard – Clements Hills – Lodi

Picking our Tempranillo from Hunter’s Oak Vineyard in the Clements Hills AVA. This is THE Spanish grape! It was picked first thing in the morning at just under 26 Brix then made its way to…Read more

The requisite Spanish bull

We can’t really make Spanish wines and not have a token shot of a bull. This one comes from a hillside on the outskirts of…Read more

Our 2010 Dulce (Graciano Port)

After nearly 30-months in barrel, we finally bottled our 2010 Dulce (Graciano Port). This was our first shot at making a port-style wine…and it looks like we might be on to something here. A…Read more

Morning at Hunter’s Oak Vineyard

Spending some quality time at Hunter’s Oak Vineyard with the folks that make it all happen…Derek Halecky (on the left) and Markus Bokisch (on the right). I’m not sure how they do it, but…Read more

May 25

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A Commitment to Tradition

Our goal is to consistently create the best hand-crafted, traditionally-styled Spanish wines in the Lodi AVA. That is our mission statement…and one that we are absolutely, fundamentally passionate about. Here’s the deal…wine should be easy, fun and approachable. Our job is to make it so. It’s really that simple.

May 24

Sharing Our Passion

As much as we love what we do…we love sharing our passion with people even more! Weather it’s in the tasting room, at events or through our website, we try to create an experience that’s a little bit different – one that draws you in and gives you a chance to be a part of our story. Another way we do that is with our monthly update. It’s a great way to stay in the loop and signing up is easy. Click here to get the ball rolling.