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A Woman in Wine
Kris wrote about making wine in the Lompoc "Wine Ghetto" for the Lompoc Valley Magazine:
"Lompoc, once a temperance community, is now home to numerous wineries producing arguably some of the best wines in the country, and therein lies the irony. The fact that women initiated this very radical act to eliminate alcohol from their comunity and that women now make up a good percentage of the workforce in our local wineries shows a dynamic change in societal attitudes and a fortunate realization that wine is unavoidably becoming part of the fabric of our culture."
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2005 Grenache Blanc
Very pale color. Melon, honeysuckle and flowers on the nose. Juicy and bright, with some CO2 intensifying the peach, grapefruit and floral flavors. This delightful white wine offers a leesy immediacy, and lovely cut and freshness. A perfect wine for warm-weather drinking, and an amazing thing to do with grenache blanc. 90 points.


"In addition to her stunning Pinots from Sea Smoke, Kris makes her addition to the seemingly endless supply of fantastic Rhone wines offered at this year’s Futures Tasting through her Curran label wines. With her vibrant and floral Curran Grenache Blanc, Kris seems to capture summer in a wine glass and her bold Syrah from the tiny “Reeves” vineyard in the heart of the San Ynez valley shows that Kris’ ability to make great wine extends far beyond Pinot. "
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In an article entitled "Wooing women with 'girlie' wine " about low-calorie, low-alcohol wines marketed specifically at women, the International Herald Tribune quoted Kris:

"Not surprisingly, the very notion of a woman's wine has already generated a mini-backlash. 'I find it demeaning,' said Kris Curran, of Curran Wines in the Santa Rita Hills, near Santa Barbara. 'It's implying that women don't have as sophisticated a palate.'"
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