Category History

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…

Meetings, Meet-ups and Networking

Meet Up Group

We have been having so much fun hosting meetings and meet-ups at the winery. There are so many interesting people, opportunities and connections. Now I am not the most social person in the world and I have a hard time…

Opening an Urban Winery

We have been so blessed by all of the great people who have come into our urban winery and shared their time with us. All of these people have confirmed to me that wine people are nice happy people, so…

Our Grand Opening

Thank You!!!! We cannot extend enough gratitude to everyone who attended our grand opening week, or helped us get ready! On Thursday we had a soft opening for family and we were super surprised by Lisa’s sister and brother-in-law from…

Pre Grand Opening

Hi All: Photography Update: Even though the studio has been completely transformed into an Urban Winery, we are still shooting photo sessions. Photoshoots on location is the way to go this time of year and the beach has been very…