More About 2022 Bucklin Old Hill Ranch Zinfandel: Old Hill Ranch's history is as rich as its wine; The vineyard's founder, William McPherson Hill, is credited for crafting California's first famous Zinfandel in 1866, reviewed by Thomas Hart Hyatt, publisher of the Pacific Rural Press. Gaining more notoriety, Ravenswood founder Joel Peterson discovered the site in the early 1980s and began making single vineyard Zinfandel from it. This wine is unbelievably stunning for the price and is, as the Wine Spectator writes, "Bubbling over with personality."