Lodi's Spanish soul hiding in plain sight
Lodi Wine Region · Lodi · Winery tasting room specializing in Spanish-style varietal wines · Visit Website ↗
Reviewed by the RagingWine Tasting Desk · July 17, 2026
RagingWine reviewed Bokisch Vineyards – Tasting Room’s wine list and gave it The Wild Card — RagingWine’s Vibe-Check rating. How RagingWine reviews wine lists →
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The wine list here reads like someone took a flight to Galicia and never entirely came back — Albariño, Verdejo, Graciano, Monastrell, all grown in Lodi. It's a focused, deliberate lineup that immediately signals this isn't a generic California tasting room pushing Cab and Chard. The countryside setting backs up the vibe: unhurried, unpretentious, and quietly serious about Iberian grapes.
Bokisch runs 12–18 wines built entirely around Spanish varietals, which is either a niche flex or a genuine passion project — after tasting through them, it's clearly the latter. The Terra Alta Vineyard Albariño anchors the whites alongside a Verdejo that most California drinkers have never encountered in this form. On the red side, Tempranillo, Garnacha, Graciano, and Monastrell cover serious Iberian ground without chasing trends. The gap here is depth within each varietal — there's typically one expression per grape — but for what it is, the list is coherent and well-executed.
The tasting flight format is the move here, running $20–$30 per person for access to 6–10 pours — which is a genuinely ridiculous value for the quality on offer. You're not ordering by the glass so much as working your way through a curated Iberian education at winery-direct pricing. Bottles run $20–$40, which means if something clicks in the flight, taking one home doesn't require a conversation with your bank.
Bokisch Vineyards Albariño (Terra Alta Vineyard, Lodi) — $20–$40
Albariño at winery-direct pricing is almost unfair. This is a grape that gets marked up hard everywhere else; here you're tasting it at the source, from a vineyard built specifically for it, for what you'd pay for a grocery store unoaked Chardonnay.
Bokisch Vineyards Graciano
Graciano is a blending grape in Rioja that almost nobody grows as a standalone in California. Bokisch does, and it shows serious structure and dark fruit that makes you wonder why more people aren't paying attention to this variety.
Bokisch Vineyards Rosado
Rosé at a tasting room is rarely the headline act, and when you've got Graciano and Monastrell in the lineup, spending your flight pour on the Rosado feels like ordering a side salad at a steakhouse. Not bad — just not the reason you're here.
Bokisch Vineyards Tempranillo + Charcuterie and aged Spanish cheeses
Tempranillo with cured meats and hard cheese is a classic for a reason — the wine's earthy red fruit and moderate tannin cut right through fat and salt without bullying the food. Order a board if they have one and let the flight do the rest.
🎲 The Bottom Line
If you think Lodi means bulk Zinfandel and nothing else, Bokisch is the correction you didn't know you needed. Come for the flight, leave with a bottle of Graciano and a slightly revised worldview.
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