Yesterday we spent the day in the winery racking and testing our 2008 wines. Racking is the process of moving wine from one container to another...
Read morehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Umunhum Mount Umunhum has been in the news recently. There is talk of tearing down the building up there and...
Read moreStef took this picture of the grapes by the ‘Haut Tubee’ Thursday. These are Syrah and you can see they have just about finished...
Read moreOn Thursday evening August 27th Stefania and I will be hosting an open house from 5-7PM at the: Marriott Chicago Renaissance1 West Wacker...
Read moreI wrote a good long piece last year on netting: http://stefaniawine.blogspot.com/2008/08/bird-netting-time.html It’s that time again. Jerry...
Read moreRestaurant James Randall (RJR) has asked us back for the second, Second Saturday in Los Gatos http://www.losgatoschamber.com/SecondSaturdays.html...
Read moreStef’s been doing a god job posting up pictures this year as we’ve redone the home ‘Haute Tubee’ vineyard. We took out a...
Read moreVeraison is when the grapes turn color from green to yellow (white grapes) or red (red grapes). It’s the last step the vines will go through...
Read moreAfter getting a quote from Sears for $16,000+ for laminate and other outrageous ‘Bush/Paris Hilton’ era remodeling pricing feedback...
Read moreStef and I have agreed to a fundraiser event on September 12th. Information is at: http://www.sipsavorsupport.com/ The cost for the event is $50...
Read moreFriday night we had a friendly dispute about just how much the olive tree has grown in the backyard. Stef’s worried it’s not growing...
Read moreStefania and I had an email exchange with a friend in Vermont and we exchanged a lot of good information about sulfur in wine. I’ve edit the...
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