Both pouring events this weekend went well. Traffic on Saturday to Santa Cruz wasn’t even too bad and we arrived early enough to have a bite...
Read moreWe will be at VinoCruz tomorrow afternoon pouring 5 wines: http://www.vinocruz.com/events.htm Stop by and visit. It should be a good day to get to...
Read moreResults were posted yesterday on the CDP website. I passed all four tests I needed to take. The hardest was something called the QAL test which...
Read moreWe got a pretty leisurely start to the day yesterday and didn’t leave the house until 10 AM. We made a few stops on the way to the winery...
Read moreWe did get all the wine loaded on the truck ok, and it’s now sitting safely in storage at California Wine Transport in San Jose...
Read moreWe’ve just finished. Everything except the scary part. Me loading $100,000 in wine on to a truck. That should happen in 30 minutes. Stefania...
Read moreThe sun breaking through on the vineyard. The fog will hang on the mountains in the back all day while the vineyard is in bright sun and that...
Read moreI loved Tetris as a kid, who would of thought it would become a crucial job skill? The area to work in is very small and pallets and boxes have...
Read moreIngrid pumping the Santa Cruz Mountains Cabernet Sauvignon into the now clean and empty tank that held the Chardonnay. The Stefania, Chaine...
Read moreThe last of the Chaine d’Or Chardonnay rolling off the line (See the capsule?) Ingrid and Alice came to help today. Ingrid was in the winery...
Read moreBottles being filled and headed down the line. The label for our first white wine. Bottles rolling down the line, full and corked. Jerry had the...
Read moreThe traditional starting picture. A very nice 62 degrees at 7:18 as we hit the road. Getting the hoses ready for hook up to the inside tanks...
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