Ridge Vineyards produced its first commercial wine from the 1962 vintage.

Ridge Vineyards produced its first Zinfandel in 1964.

Zinfandel is popular again, and Ridge Vineyards certainly must have something to do with it.

Ridge Vineyards, in Cupertino, Calif., is an interesting example.

Ridge Vineyards, in Cupertino, is not normally singled out as a prominent producer of chardonnay.

Supported by dedicated producers like Ridge Vineyards, it survived and continues to enjoy a revival.

Ridge Vineyards is what the French call hors serie.

Almost since its inception in 1959, Ridge Vineyards has been considered one of the dozen or so most important small wineries in California.

Even Ridge Vineyards makes zinfandels from vineyards all over California.

Later, producers like Ridge Vineyards showed that it could be fashioned into wines with elegance and complexity.