Lineage: Life and Love and Six Generations in California Wine
by Steven Kent Mirassou
Hardcover – June 2021
Steven Kent Mirassou received his BA in American Literature from the George Washington University and his MA in Literature from NYU. He was born in the Salinas Valley and grew up in San Jose and Los Gatos before going east to college. Lineage: Life and Love and Six Generations in California Wine is his first book.
Mirassou started his wine career in sales but found his true passion after moving into the production side of the business in 1996. Steven has made the highest rated wines from the Livermore Valley, is a founder of the Mount Diablo Highlands Wine Quality Alliance, and the President of the Livermore Valley Wine Growers Association.
Steven has four adult children, April Coffey, Aidan Mirassou, Katherine Mirassou, and Sara Mirassou. He lives in Livermore, CA with his wife, Beth Murray Mirassou, and their two dogs
Yesterday, Em and I had the opportunity to evaluate a dosage trial done on our new méthode champenoise Pinot Noir from the Santa Cruz Mountains. A dosage trial consists of adding different levels of sugar dissolved in wine in order to create a balance between acidity, mouthfeel, and sweetness. Using sample bottles, we
When I was young and didn’t know anything, young and tannic and fruit-forward wines seemed like the cat’s pajamas. What could be more delicious than the obviousness of youth? Over time that same dumb winemaker, with a little more leather on his hide and many more wines across his gullet
Check out the video above for a peek behind the cellar door! Steven Kent Mirassou and Beth Murray of The Steven Kent Winery talk about the auspicious start to 2023 and the long day of bottling 8 wines and 1250 over 15 hours…wines and hours that yielded some of the
In the midst of making nine blends this week for a mobile bottling run tomorrow, we took a few hours out to make 624 case boxes for our L’Autre Côte Livermore Valley Cabernet Franc. The glass bottles come in plain white boxes (called “contents” boxes) that get dumped one at
Here is video of the winemaking team at Steven Kent talking about Cabernet Franc, its inherent beauty and mystery, favored vineyards in the Livermore Valley and the Santa Cruz Mountains and why those sites are so magical.
New post on Wine Saves Lives! detailing how we press off wines. The Steven Kent Winery has been and is devoted to the Livermore Valley, one of California’s first great wine regions. Livermore is our home, the hospitality scene is burgeoning, great restaurants and improving wines are helping the Valley
Click on the link to see the latest video from Wine Saves Lives! about sampling for Barbera Rosé. I took a walk this beautiful morning through our Barbera block to gauge how far along the fruit was. We use Barbera, a high-acid grape native to Piemonte in northwestern Italy, to
New post on Wine Saves Lives! showing what racking is and why it is important. The video attached shows how we rack juice (fermentation has not begun yet) off solid material just after the initial press. To rack is to decant or draw the juice (or wine, at later stages
The 2021 vintage has finally been put to bed. I could not be more excited about the potential quality of this year – thinking right now that it will be as good as 2017 and 2018 – but I am especially gratified about the wines we made from the Santa
