Darius Miller

Darius Miller

Grapes and Global Warming

Grapes and Global Warming

Is Global Warming causing early Bud Break? A lot of people ask me how the drought and global warming is affecting winegrowers around the state. I wish I had a better answer, but I don’t really know, I am not…

Terroir – Or Not

Terroir is a French word with no literal translation in English and the closes we can come to is “earth”, “soil”, or “place”. This word is tossed around all of the time. Some think it is just a French marketing…

Minerality in Wine

Tasting Minerality in Rocks

If you haven’t tried our 2014 Pinot Gris from Monterey then you haven’t had to opportunity to taste the fresh fruits and minerality of the wine. We all know what fruit tastes like, but what the heck is minerality? Well…

2016 Ferrari

Check out our new Ferrari convertible! Our Ferrari is a manual corking machine made in Italy and yes it is called a Ferrari. Over the last week we have been busy bottling our 2014 Malbec and 2014 Merlot. Since April…

Local Artist – Ramon Britton

Local Artist - Ramon Britton Flyer

LOCAL ARTIST GALLERY SHOWING SAVE THE DATE: Friday February 5, 2016 We are so exited to host Ramon Britton as our next local artist here at Koi Zen Cellars. Ramon is a San Diego expressionist mixed media painter. His artistic…

Wine Tasting in 92128

wine tasting

Enjoy Wine Tasting in 92128 Our Craft Winery is in the heart of Carmel Mountain and minutes away from Poway, Rancho Bernardo, 4 S Ranch, Rancho Penasquitos and Scripps Ranch. Come relax in our comfortable venue while we teach you…

The Winery and Winemaking

This year, the grape harvest has been a roller coaster for the growers and winemakers; we are just about finished winemaking at the winery! We will be processing our last 3 tons of Cabernet Sauvignon the first week of November,…

Custom Labels

Custom Label

[dc]D[/dc] id you know that there are over 100,000 private and custom wine labels in the United States? And how many of them have your name, logo or special event on them. If I were to guess, not a single…