Lake County group tasting room opens

Wines & Vines, August, 2007

Matt Hughes, co-owner of Zoom Wines of Kelseyville, Calif., opened a new group tasting room, Lake County Wine Studio, in Upper Lake, sharing the space with the Noggle, Six Sigma, Dusinberre and Spencer Roloson brands. All are small wineries producing 2,000 to 5,000 cases per year. The Wine Studio was born because Zoom Wines had no tasting room of its own.

Lake County Wine Studio will pour up to 15 different selections from the participating wineries every day, Hughes said. "We have spent time with the other wineries to make sure we are presenting their wines correctly," he said.