Lane Tanner
{{short description|American winemaker and consultant}}
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Lane Tanner is an American winemaker and consultant. She was the second woman winemaker in Santa Barbara County when she started working in the industry in 1981.{{cite news|last=Hardesty|first=Kathy|title=Lane Tanner Pinot noir -- a 30-year history|url=http://www.santamariasun.com/news/6257/lane-tanner-pinot-noir--a-30year-history/|accessdate=11 December 2012|newspaper=Santa Maria Sun|date=February 2011}} She goes by the nickname "Pinot Czarina."
Personal life and education
Tanner grew up in Kelseyville, California. She graduated from San Jose State University with a degree in chemistry in 1976.{{cite web|title=Lane Tanner|url=http://www.calwineries.com/learn/people-and-institutions/lane-tanner|work=People and Institutions|publisher=Calwineries|accessdate=11 December 2012}} After graduating, she started working in the air pollution industry. One winter she worked in Glendive, Montana. After Glendive, she quit her job and moved back to Kelseyville.{{cite web|last=Gilbert|first=Lucia and John|title=Lane Tanner|url=http://webpages.scu.edu/ftp/lgilbert/view.php?id=254|work=Winemakers|publisher=Women Winemakers of California|accessdate=11 December 2012}} Tanner was married to the owner of The Hitching Post. Tanner is now married to winemaker Ariki Hill.
Career
In 1980, Tanner started working in the bottling department, putting wine labels on bottles, at Konocti Winery in Kelseyville.{{cite web|last=Gaffney|first=Rusty|title=Lane Tanner Winery|url=http://www.princeofpinot.com/winery/211/|work=PinotFile|publisher=The Prince of Pinot|accessdate=11 December 2012}} When the winery learned that she had studied chemistry she became a lab technician. She worked there for one year and worked with Andre Tchelistcheff. She was suggested by Tchelistcheff for a job at Firestone Winery. She joined Firestone in 1981 as a winemaker.{{cite web|last=Gaffney|first=Rusty|title=Lane Tanner's Enticing Pinots|url=http://www.princeofpinot.com/article/713/|work=PinotFile|publisher=The Prince of Pinot|accessdate=11 December 2012}} At Firestone she was able to improve her skills in wine tasting and in 1984 she started her on consulting firm. Her first client was making wine for The Hitching Post. She was one of the first winemakers to use Pinot grapes from Bien Nacido Vineyard. In late 2010 she retired from the wine industry. In 2012, Tanner was named winemaker for Sierra Madre Vineyard.{{cite web|title=Sierra Madre Vineyard Hires Lane Tanner as Winemaker|url=http://www.winebusiness.com/people/?go=getPeopleArticle&dataId=98635|work=People News|publisher=Wine Business|accessdate=11 December 2012}} At Sierra Madre, she makes Pinot noir, Chardonnay and Pinot blanc wines.
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Tanner started her own winery in 1989, Lane Tanner Winery. The label became the first in the Central Coast region to devote itself to Pinot noir. The winery is located in the Santa Maria Valley AVA and the first wine was a 1989 vintage. The label made approximately 1,800 cases a year and specialized in Pinot noir. They also made Syrah. The Pinot noir grapes came from three vineyards in Santa Barbara County: Julia's Vineyard, Bien Nacido Vineyard, and Melville Vineyard. The Syrah grapes came from French Camp Vineyard which is located in San Luis Obispo County. Tanner's wines aim to stay low in alcohol content and sulfites. The latter is because Tanner is allergic to them. The Pinot was fermented for over two weeks with yeast. It was then aged for eleven months in 46 percent French oak barrels. The last vintage was in 2009. The back of her Pinot bottles had the motto: "laugh more- flirt often," written on them.{{cite web|last=Virbila|first=S. Irene|title=2006 Lane Tanner Pinot noir|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-jan-07-fo-wow7-story.html|work=Wine of the Week|date=7 January 2009 |publisher=Los Angeles Times|access-date=11 December 2012}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.lanetanner.com/index.html Official website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130820065134/http://www.sierramadrevineyard.com/contact/lane_tanner_.php Lane Tanner's profile on] Sierra Madre Vineyard's website
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Category:People from Santa Barbara County, California
Category:People from Lake County, California
Category:San Jose State University alumni
Category:American women chemists
Category:American female winemakers
Category:People from Glendive, Montana
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)