Blog – Page 13 – Stefania Wine

Posted 21 August 2011 65

Bottling has always been a chore for us. It’s the hardest thing we do in the winery. There are lots of moving pieces and lots of vendors...

Posted 16 August 2011 57

One of the things that Stefania and I do twice per year, usually after bottling and harvest, is rate all of our vendors. There are usually...

Posted 09 August 2011 51

Where do I start? The photo is of Mt. Belford. In addition to getting ready for this harvest season, Paul and I have been busting our buns to get...

Posted 09 August 2011 73

Each summer we start a ‘training camp’ to get ready for harvest. Normally it’s more time at the gym and a regular hike...

Posted 08 August 2011 65

Early in the year there was a great deal of talk about the weather. It was a cold and very wet spring. We had unusual rain in May and June.

Posted 28 July 2011 72

Saturday Millie had been tucking and thinning at Chaine d’Or when we went and pulled her away to inspect the new Brauns vineyard. Yields...

Posted 27 July 2011 73

Saturday Stefania and I went out to visit vineyards and check on how things are going. We’d normally do this around the 4th of July but we...

Posted 25 July 2011 52

Friday night we poured wine at Sabor Del Valle for the second year in a row. We enjoyed this charity event last year and we were looking forward...

Posted 21 July 2011 64

Saturday September 17th we will be pouring at our only public event for the year. This will be the second year in a row we are attending Wine...

Posted 20 July 2011 68

Saturday I had a full day of work to do in the winery. All of the barrels needed topping and that takes a couple of hours. I also was going

Posted 14 July 2011 57

On July 3rd Stefania and I set out on short notice to Colorado for a family emergency. We were gone a total ten days. We made it to Denver in...

Posted 02 July 2011 99

As most of you know we don’t do many events each year. We’ve completely stopped doing any commercial events except for Rock and Roll...