A Chat with 2015’s Winery of the Year

Lodi-based Michael David Winery was named this year's winery of the year at the Unified Wine Symposium by Gomberg, Fredrikson and Associations [see WSD 02-01-2016]. In 2015, the winery's volumes grew 28% and its flagship brand 7 Deadly Zins saw a 15% sales increase making it the No.1 selling zinfandel of 2015 according to Fredrikson.Your editors recently sat down with vp of sales Melissa Phillips Stroud, who is part of the family's sixth generation of grape growers, to talk about