The Rhone Rangers is based in Albion, CA and includes winery, grower, associate and consumer members.

Although the winemakers were collectively called the Rhone Rangers, they didn't necessarily work together or with specific goals in mind.

With Mr. Grahm's excellent wines, clever labels and considerable promotional skills, he has become the best known of the Rhone Rangers.

Among them, the Rhone Rangers use virtually all the various Rhone grapes, but the two most important are the syrah and mourvedre.

The Rhone Rangers spend as much time looking for grapes to supplement their own supplies as they do tending their wineries.

If the California sparkling-wine business is any example, French competition would be quite a boost to the Rhone Rangers.

With characteristic American verve, they called themselves the Rhone Rangers, and within a few years they had begun to win awards for their Rhone-style wines.

The Rhone Rangers are still with us.

To say we expected more from a new generation of Rhone Rangers is an understatement.

The Rhone Rangers of the mid 1980s helped spark the increased interest in Viognier in California.