About Acquiesce Winery & Vineyards
Acquiesce Winery & Vineyards at 22353 North Tretheway Road is one of California wine's most distinctive and single-minded small estates — a women-owned and operated Lodi winery that produces exclusively white wines from Rhône varieties in a region overwhelmingly known for old-vine Zinfandel. Founded in 2012 by Sue Tipton, Acquiesce has built a national reputation and loyal collector following by committing entirely to Grenache Blanc, Viognier, Roussanne, Marsanne, Picpoul Blanc, and Clairette Blanche from estate vineyards — demonstrating that Lodi's warm, Delta-cooled growing environment is as well-suited to white Rhône varieties as any appellation in California.
The Acquiesce philosophy is built around white Rhône varieties that thrive in warm, dry climates — the same Mediterranean conditions that have produced great white wine in the southern Rhône Valley for centuries. Grenache Blanc is the flagship, showing the mineral richness and aromatic complexity that the variety achieves in Lodi's sandy loam soils with the Delta breeze preserving natural acidity through the growing season. Viognier delivers the peach, apricot, and floral character the variety is celebrated for, while Picpoul Blanc — rare in California — shows the crisp, lemony freshness that has made it the go-to white of the French Mediterranean coast.
Tastings are by appointment at $20, with a format that showcases the full range of white Rhône varieties and the specific vineyard story behind each bottling. Production is small, demand is high, and the mailing list is the primary channel for securing allocations of the most sought-after releases.
"Acquiesce is what happens when a passionate, focused producer finds the perfect climate for an underappreciated set of varieties — white Rhône wines from Lodi that have no business being this good and every reason to be this popular."
For wine enthusiasts who love white Rhône varieties — or who want to discover why they should — Acquiesce Winery & Vineyards is one of California's most essential and revelatory small-production destinations. The combination of Sue Tipton's winemaking conviction, Lodi's ideal white Rhône climate, and a decade of vintage depth makes Acquiesce one of the state's most compelling and under-the-radar wine discoveries.
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Acquiesce Winery &Acquiesce Winery & Vineyards is the most personally women-owned-and-operated and white-wine-exclusively-committed Lodi wine estate.
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Sue Tipton establishedSue Tipton established Acquiesce in 2012 with a conviction that Lodi's warm growing conditions and Delta-influenced soils produced white Rhône and Burgundy varieties of distinctive character when the most carefully individually variety-specific viticulture and personally women-owner-conducted boutique winemaking guided every decision.
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The Acquiesce estateThe Acquiesce estate white wine portfolio — Grenache Blanc, Viognier, Clairette Blanche, Picpoul Blanc, Bourboulenc, and Roussanne — represents the most comprehensive and most individually white-Rhône-variety-specific collection available from any California winery outside a specialized Rhône Valley-focused program.
"Sue Tipton's 2012 Lodi white Rhône and Burgundy variety specialist — the most personally women-owned and white-wine-excl"
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Grenache Blanc
Grenache Blanc
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Acquiesce's most personally women-owner-conducted and white-Rhône-exclusively-Lodi-committed flagship — estate Grenache Blanc from the most individually white-Rhône-variety-specifically-curious and personally Sue-Tipton-women-owned Lodi boutique appointment with Wine Enthusiast recognition for the most mineral, food-first, individually white-Rhône-specifically-Lodi-committed white wine character.
Viognier
Viognier
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Acquiesce's most aromatic and women-owned-exclusively-white-Rhône-Lodi Viognier — estate Viognier from the most personally Sue-Tipton-women-owner-conducted and white-wine-exclusively-Lodi-committed boutique appointment, aromatic and food-first with the most individually Lodi-warm-terrain-Viognier-specifically-expressive white Rhône variety character.
Picpoul Blanc
Picpoul Blanc
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Acquiesce's most individually unusual and Southern-France-white-variety-Lodi-curiously-committed expression — estate Picpoul Blanc from the most personally women-owned and white-Rhône-exclusively-committed Lodi boutique appointment, crisp and food-first with the most individually Picpoul-variety-Lodi-specifically-women-owner-curiously-boutique-committed character.
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