Wine: Carignane - Sold Out Vineyard: Auntie Delores' (Amador) Food Pairings: Pesto, foccacia Alcohol: 13.2% by volume The Aparicio Family Vineyard (est. 1934) is six miles east of Sutter Creek. Dolores' son Joe is in charge of the vineyards now. Charles Spinetta worked in the vineyard hoeing and weeding as a child. Carignane is pronounced "Care-een-yan" or "Car-eg-nan-ay" or "Care-ih-gan." Carignane is a Spanish grape the French named that the Italians brought to America. THANK YOU for enjoying this fine wine while we had it! Make sure you try our new premium Italian named wine, Primitivo. You may order Joe Garcia's limited edition print, Valley Quail.