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Housley's Century Oak Winery
22211 N Lower Sacramento Rd, Hours of operation
Internet sales are available from the winery website. Our Amenities
Other AttractionsWe have photos on display and for sale. Local artisans are also on location on some weekends. Our AwardsGold AwardsMultiple gold medals including 94 points at the California State Fair for our Reserve Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, also best in region at the California State Fair for our Founder's Rose' Silver AwardsEstate Cabernet Sauvignon and Old Vine Zinfandel Winery History
Like most successful wine families, the Housley's began in the industry working the soil. Our Chardonnay grapes just outside Napa Valley's Stag Leap District received high marks and provided high quality fruit to several wineries. After about 15 years, the family decided that the Lodi Appellation offered a tremendous growing opportunity, in an area traditionally known as California's largest and first wine country.
The first 57-acre vineyard purchased in the mid 1990's continues to provide highly sought after Cabernet Grapes to wineries like Gallo of Sonoma. Other vineyards around the Acampo, Lodi and Woodbridge wine-growing areas have become a part of the Housley growing operation. The prize….a 20 acre Old Vine Zinfandel vineyard that epitomizes the worldwide recognition Lodi is receiving for its fine Zinfandel wines With the growing operation continuing its success, like many other families in the area, the Housley's decided to branch out and make some of this acclaimed juice into fine wines. After months of planning, the winery began to take shape in September of 2000. Built on the front 40 acres of a Cabernet Vineyard, Century Oak Winery is a quarter mile south of the historical Peltier Road on North Lower Sacramento Road. Just a couple miles to the south and also to the east, historical towns of Woodbridge and Acampo. Two months after construction began; Century Oak Winery welcomed its first barrels. Stored in other locations Century Oak Wines now had their own home together in the Lodi Appellation. Over the next five months and into the New Year of 2001, the winery's tasting room took shape and the interior added storing tanks, crushers and catwalks. The Winery was completed and ready to open the beginning of June. Our first releases whites and desert wines, while our reds continued their successful fermentation in the wineries American and French oak barrels. They were bottled the next spring and from there we continue to grow, harvest, crush, press, age and bottle our own wines on site at our Acampo winery. Our name comes from the famed valley oak tree that heads Century Oak's 40 main acre site. Valley Oaks are California's tree and have stood in California's heartland, like the Lodi Appellation, for centuries, ours is more than 100 years old. Known for their beauty, strength, history and size, we feel our wines are best represented by California's guardian, the Valley Oak. In all this, we have developed the mission of Housley's Century Oak Winery: To provide top quality wine for a reasonable price. This is how we developed our motto: “Not all expensive wines are great, “Not all Great Wines are expensive!” About the Winemakers
Century Oak winemaker has more than 37 years in the industry. Mosley has worked with the late Andre Tchelistcheff to produce award-winning Cabernet Sauvignon and also studied and worked with famed winemaker Mike Grgich. Mosley has also made wine at several world-class wineries including Grgich Hills, Chateau Montelena, Napa Cellars, Oakville Estate Winery, Miner Family and now Century Oak.
Among Mosley's many accomplishments and awards won: his 1981 Napa Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon received a rating of 95 Points in The Wine Spectator, the magazine's highest rated California red wine in 1985; eight consecutive vintages of Napa Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon received one "puff" or more from Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine (1981-1988); Mosley has won numerous gold medals in major wine judging competitions for several varietals. At Century Oak, Aaron Mosley continues to garner international awards and praise. In the first four year’s of judging, Housley’s Century Oak Winery has won 85 medals, including 32 Gold’s. Our 2001 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon received a 95 and a Gold Medal from the California State Fair Wine Competition. The Wine Report scored the same Cabernet a 92 and named it #21 on their top 50 wines of the year. Our Red Table Wine received a Gold in its first competition, while the 2001 Old Vine Zinfandel received an 89 score and several recent medals. Mr. Mosley has a Bachelor of Science, Enology and Chemistry Degree from Fresno State University, California as well as a Masters of Business Administration, Management and Finance Degree from Golden State University, San Francisco, California. Tour InformationContent on this page provided by the individual winery.
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