Tawny, Aged 20 Years Tawny, 1991 Vintage Port, and Raspberry Passport. My favorite of the line-up was the 20 year old tawny, but I couldn’t justify the $41 for 375 ml. Then up the road to Quady Winery, where I caught up to... (14 replies, last updated by cencalfoodie March 19, 2009)

my husband and i are spending some time in napa and sonoma and we both enjoy dessert wines, especially muscats. are there any wineries we should be visiting to taste sweet wines? (17 replies, last updated by newhart06 March 28, 2009)

banana-like, which I’m hoping will blow off but I’m worried is a byproduct of less than ideal yeast fermentation conditions. Vya is made by Quady winery out in Madera (between Fresno and Merced in the San Joaquin... (1 reply, last updated by SteveG February 19, 2008)

If you can find Vya vermouth (from the Quady winery in California) you may be very pleasantly surprised. Maybe not for cooking, but it’s incredible in a martini, and is very nice as an apertif. (9 replies, last updated by zamorski May 20, 2009)

We’ve been having a lot of fun with Vya from California. It’s made in sweet or dry versions. Here’s a link to a discussion about it and Quady winery in Madera. (5 replies, last updated by oystersallday January 7, 2009)

Do you like dessert wines? Quady Winery in Madera produces some excellent dessert varities. Essensia is especially good mixed with sparkling water to cut the sweetness. (Oh no, did I just admit to drinking a wine spritzer??) (25 replies, last updated by scabbardgirl September 28, 2006)

Quady is also a nice place to taste — if you get tired of the overly-touristy wineries of the more famous wine regions of California, you might want to check out the Madera Country Wine Trail. A lot of the producers in that... (24 replies, last updated by evernote September 5, 2009)

I like Electra, a wine made from Orange Muscat grapes, produced by Quady Winery (California). It’s only 4 per cent alcohol, sweet, and slightly sparkling. I think it’s about $8 for a half-bottle (375 ml). However, I... (15 replies, last updated by RibDog September 13, 2003)

. It’s called Vya—made in both sweet and dry—and is produced by the Quady Winery near Fresno, California. Made in small quantities, the vermouth is gentle and harmonious and excludes very bitter or astringent botanicals. Carpano... (7 replies, last updated by rworange December 11, 2007)

options you should consider include Vya Extra Dry, a wonderful artisanal vermouth from the Quady winery in Madera, CA (their Sweet is also outstanding); Lillet Blanc (not quite vermouth, but French, white, fortified, and... (5 replies, last updated by byrd October 19, 2007)

since I don’t know of any American made Tawny ports. If you must have American your choices will be much more limited. The only one that might be commonly available that comes to my mind is Quady. Sauternes may be a good... (18 replies, last updated by WyCo October 1, 2007)

but the selection is not in our hands here. That said, my dessert was really wonderfully done but tasted like I’ve had it before. Same wine all around. 2007 Quady Winery Black Muscat Elysium (CA) is a big-ole sticky mess of... (3 replies, last updated by PitLab October 18, 2009)

Today’s local paper had the Spring 2004 magazine Imagine inside with the following information: 125 West Coast wineries and 40 selected restaurants will participate in the 22nd annual event presented by the Viticulture... (1 reply, last updated by kim c April 5, 2004)

. If you can locate Vya dry vermouth (made by Quady Winery in California), it’s head and shoulders above anything else available. It’s tasty enough to sip by itself, and is well-suited to a fairly “wet”... (13 replies, last updated by JohnE O December 26, 2008)

A few of my favorite California Dessert wines, a couple of which are listed elsewhere in the post. Bonny Doon (Santa Cruz) — their Raspberry flavored one. Just had it for the first time last night. Quady Winery (Madera)... (34 replies, last updated by Aaron March 26, 2009)