|
||
 |
Mac's World: Up Close and Personal | |
360 West, March 2010 -- Don't let the straw hat and overalls fool you. This man is wise in the ways of the grape and makes a mean pinot noir. When you meet Mac McDonald, you'll automatically do a double take. His wardrobe, for instance, consists of overalls and a straw hat, even when he is wining and dining with big-deal chef such as Charlie Trotter. "My father has this collection of hats, and he never left the house without one . . ." More... |
||
 |
Bon Vivant's Wine For April: 2006 Vision Cellars Pinot Noir | |
Winemaker Mac McDonald has been making award-winning wine since 1997. Mac, the son of a Texas moon shiner, got his start making wine with the Pinot Noir grapes from the famous Napa winery Caymus and recently purchased his own vineyard in Sonoma County. More... |
||
 |
Vision Cellars Wins medals at the Houson Livestock Show and Rodeo International Wine Cometition | |
Silver Medal - 2007 Rosella Pinot Noir Bronze Medal - 2008 White Wine Blend |
||
 |
Vision Cellars Receives 2009 Best of Windsor Award | |
WASHINGTON D.C., June 8, 2009 -- Vision Cellars has been selected for the 2009 Best of Windsor Award in the Wineries category by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA). |
||
 |
Mac McDonald Had a Vision to Make Great Wine…And His Vision Became Reality | |
There is a boutique winery in Sonoma creag small production, high quality, incredibly juicy Pinot Noir. Vision Cellars was created in 1995, with 1997 being their first release, by Mac McDonald. Mac started with a desire to find great grapes and make great wine. |
||
 |
Vision Cellars a Success Story for African American | |
The film "Sideways" and its obsession with Pinot Noirs pale in comparison to the passion of Mac McDonald of Vision Cellars, in Windsor, Calif., who produces eight different Pinots. McDonald, 66, tasted his first one, a French Burgundy, quite by accident as a young boy and never forgot. It was a taste that shaped his life... |
||
 |
Take A "Flight" | |
Tour northern California’s black-owned vineyards and take home a quality collection of wine... |
||
 |
Wine of the week: Top Pick | |
2007 Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir ($38) 4 stars |
||
 |
Uncorked: Vision Cellars wines ripe with personality | |
Mac McDonald fills up a room. Though formidable in size, it is his warm expansive personality that draws you in. He liberally dispenses big bear hugs and calls all women honey and darling under the loving eye of his wife and business partner, Lil. I met Mac in 2004 when he came to Anniston for a wine dinner at The Victoria. |
||
 |
Wine Spectator Magazine, April 6, 2009 | |
Tasting Highlights: California Pinot Noir This is a transitional phase in the California Pinot Noir market. The last wave of 2006s is being released at the same time the big push for 2007 is starting. All of the wines in this report are from Sonoma, the state's largest Pinot appellation. And the prices are all $50 or less. We may wish for greater Pinot values, but that's not Pinot's strength. VISION CELLARS Pinot Noir Sonoma County 2007 Score: 90 | $38 Affairs Of The Vines/Pinot Noir Shootout Competition~April 2009 Dallas Morning News Competition ~ April 2009 VISION CELLARS Pinot Noir ~ Garys’ Vineyard Vineyard~ Santa Lucia Highlands 2007: Gold |
||
|
Bon Vivant’s Wine for April: 2006 Vision Cellars Pinot Noir | |
The wine for this month is the 2006 Vision Cellars Pinot Noir from Marin County, Ca. Winemaker Mac McDonald has been making award-winning wine since 1997. Mac, the son of a Texas moon shiner, got his start making wine with the Pinot Noir grapes from the famous Napa winery Caymus and recently purchased his own vineyard in Sonoma County. Mac makes some of the best Pinot Noir you can find in California. He earned 91 points from the "Wine Enthusiasts Magazine" for his Pinot Noir from Gary's Vineyard. Mac's portfolio of wines has earned the recognition and high ratings from most of the top wine experts. |
||
 |
The Annual Puzzle of What to Pour | |
Every November, wine columnists wail about the difficulty of pairing wine with the traditional Thanksgiving meal. So many flavors on the table! Nothing matches sweet potatoes and mini marshmallows or lumpy turkey gravy! Cranberry sauce from a can? Sacre bleu! You can hear their hands wringing louder... |
||
|
Recommendations | |
Here are suggestions for red, white and sparkling wines with Thanksgiving dinner. In each category is a splurge, a moderately priced selection and a local option... |
||
|
|
||
|
2008 California Wine Experience: The Grand Tastings | |
In much of the West Coast, harvest has yet to wrap up; grapes are still coming into the winery, vats are... |
||
|
|
||
|
El sueño y visión de un afroamericano | |
The full article is available by clicking on this link: |
||
|
|
A Vintner's Vision | |
Spend 10 minutes visiting with Mac McDonald, and within the same breath he'll likely pontificate on his favorite wine grapes... |
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
91 Points This is a big, voluptuous Pinot, solidly in the Gmys' style, but it possesses a delicate silkiness despite the size. In its extreme youth, the wine is all primmy fruit and oak, with flavors of chenies, black raspbenies, red licOlice, cola mld smoky vanilla. It feels broad and obvious, in the way of a young wine. However, 1-3 years in the bottle should bring out complexity. -S.H. 90 Points When California Riesling succeeds, it's because of wines like this, which hails trom a well-farmed, cool-climate region. The two most important varietal elements, racy acidity and subtle flavor, both are here. The latter suggest peaches, Meyer lemons and wildflowers, with a rich undertow of stony minerals, and the finish is wondelfully bone dry. What a great restaurant wine. Editors' Choice. -S.H. 87 Points Two of the crispest and most savory white varieties in California are Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Gris/Grigio, and this blend of both shows the best qualities of each. It's just slightly off¬dry and vibrant in citrus, fig, melon and vanilla flavors, with beautiful acidity. -S.H.
|
||
|
|
||
|
Recent Awards and Wine Competitions |
||
|
2006 Pinot Noir ~Garys’ Vineyard ~Santa Lucia Highlands~ 388 cases produced.
2006 Pinot Noir ~Sonoma County~395 Cases produced.
2006 White Wine California~ (Napa and Santa Lucia Highlands) 79% Sauvignon Blanc & 21% Pinot Gris Blend~540 cases produced.
2006 Riesling~ Santa Lucia Highlands~ 419 cases produced
|
||
|
|
||
|
Arizona Gourmet Living |
'Tis the Season... | |
Winemakers are getting very creative using wonderful red grapes such as Syrah, Pinot Noir... |
||
|
|
||
|
|
Wine Spectator Magazine, July 31, 2007 | |
90 points A delicate style, yet with plenty of substance, showing ripe, vivid wild berry and black cherry fruit, with a touch of cedar, netmed adn forest floor. Tight and complex, the tannins clamp down on the finish, letting just enough fruit throughto tempt you. ~ J.L. |
||
|
|
||
|
VINTRUST | Vintrust, Wine Management & Cellarage | |
94 points awarded for 2005 Pinot Noir Garys' Vineyard, Santa Lucia Highlands in the most recent SOMMselections Wine Journal. |
||
|
|
||
|
Napa Valley Register | African American winemakers a small but dedicated group | |
One word — education — seemed to keep popping up during two seminars at the walk-around tasting of the Association of African American Vintners at Copia last weekend. |
||
|
|
||
|
California Wine 2006 | California State Fair 2006 | |
98 Points for the Sonoma County Pinot Noir |
||
|
|
||
|
The Green Magazine | The Flavors of Napa Valley | |
A taste of wine country luxury |
||
|
|
||
|
|
The Magnificent 30 | |
A look at the wineries best capturing the essence of this great grape. From Wine Spectator magazine, December 15, 2006 issue |
||
|
|
||
|
San Diego Union Tribune | Tiny wineries worth seeking out | |
One of the true pleasures of an event such as the Somona Showcase is the discovery of small, relitively new wineries... |
||
|
|
||
|
Wine Spectator Insider | Wine Spectator Insider Report 2005 | |
Vision Cellars 2004 Release Wines |
||
|
|
||
 |
Wine Review Online, October 2005 | |
California's Changing Landscape More... |
||
|
|
||
|
|
Wine Review Online, August 2005 | |
Marin County Pinot Noir More... |
||
|
|
||
 |
Wine Enthusiast, May 2005 | |
Wine Career Case Study |
||
|
|
||
 |
Black Enterprise Magazine, May 2005 | |
“A California vintner wrestles with the toughest grape of them all.” |
||
|
|
||
 |
Newsday.com, March 2001 | |
“At 5 in the morning, the old day having lapsed and the new day yet to begin, that's when Mac McDonald likes to taste his wine.” More... |
||
|
|
||
 |
Pinot Report | |
“Vision Cellars owner Mac McDonald is definately the best known of the Marin Pinot vintners. He's been making wines from Marin County grapes as far back as 1997.” More... |
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
 |
 |
 |