2002 Gold Rush Zin Amador Cty Old Vine

[Thomas]

"Vinted and Bottled by" likely means that the winery mainly lent its winemaking license to Trader Joe's for that wine. In other words, for that designation, all the winery has to do is bottle or blend bulk wine. Trader could have bought the bulk and wanted Renwood's name on the label, or maybe Renwood gave them the best blending/bottling price.

It's possible that Renwood could have used its low end juice, but there doesn't seem to be any percentage in using the "Vinted" designation instead of the "Produced and Bottled by" designation, which is what they could do when it is in fact their grapes and wine, and that would give it a seemingly higher designation.

I hate these confusing designations. They seem meant to fool, and they do. The likelihood is that Renwood had nothing to do with the winemaking.



[This message has been edited by foodie (edited 11-18-2004).]