Livermore Valley will host its second annual CabFranc-a-Palooza, a three-day wine extravaganza with blind sensory tastings, a Francs n’ Franks event (featuring bespoke sausages by the Livermo…
CabFranc-a-Palooza, set to run May 3-5 in Livermore Valley, will feature a series of events highlighting Cabernet Franc. Last year was the festival’s inaugural year. On the first weekend of May, Livermore Valley will host its second annual CabFranc-a-Palooza, a three-day wine extravaganza with blind sensory tastings, a Francs ‘n’ Franks event out there, and it grows extremely well in Livermore,” he says.
The effort seems to be paying off. Now, he says, more than half the wineries in Livermore are making a cabernet franc. Part of that he attributes to the Tri-Valley’s terroir. The valley’s rare east-west orientation as well as its proximity to the Bay and the Altamont Pass help produce balanced fruit, he says. And as the climate changes, he’s seeing an increase in wind frequency. Grape vines tend to shut down when it’s windy, which limits sugar production in the grapes and ultimately, the alcohol concentration in the resulting wine — making it a bit lighter than the wine from cabernet sauvignon grapes.
Cabernet franc represents only a small proportion of the grapes processed for winemaking in California, Mirassou says. Some 11,650 tons of cab franc grapes were crushed last year compared with 646,940 tons of cabernet sauvignon, according to the state Department of Food and Agriculture’s annual“We’re really excited about the momentum we seem to be generating,” he says.
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