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CORDON CREEKWINE ATLASEdition 01
Copper tasting thief, corkscrew, twine, and a folded source sheet on an old pale wood cellar bench
Copper tasting thief, corkscrew, twine, and a folded source sheet on an old pale wood cellar bench

Archive / field entry

Historical Cordon Creek Wine Catalogue

A restored catalogue path used as an archive index, not an order form or statement of current availability.

Catalogue treatment

This restored path has been remade as a historical catalogue index. It does not accept orders and does not make a claim about present-day inventory.

  • Historical wine page family
  • Verified 1997 Late Harvest Zinfandel record
  • Archive index for further checked captures

Why this belongs in the atlas

The archival work is deliberately narrow. The restored bottle record holds the one wine detail presently verified from a direct capture, while the historical catalogue keeps an exact former address useful without recreating a store.

For source details and known limits, consult the references in the rail. The first release is intentionally useful at a modest scale: it establishes a dependable route through the public record and leaves room for verified additions.

The counter is where most wine country food writing stops, but the mechanics of curing and slicing deserve the same attention. A field note on Italian salumi and cheese covers slice thickness, service temperature, and how Veneto buyers read DOP and IGP labels at the counter. These are practical details, not tasting notes. They shape what reaches the plate and how it tastes once there. For readers tracking Sierra Foothills tables, the same questions apply: what was cured, how it was cut, and what the label actually guarantees.Travelers moving between Sierra Foothills tasting rooms and the Alpine foothills often ask how a wine region documents its table. The Vaud case is instructive: papet vaudois, chasselas, and the lake terraces appear in a working Vaud food and wine guide that notes where the records hold and where they thin. That distinction matters for anyone comparing appellation paperwork across regions. A Sierra Foothills reader can use the same test on local archives: which claims rest on dated harvest logs, and which rest on repetition. The answer usually sits in the county records, not the label.