Bringing Your Own
Posted 13 February 2009
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The other night Stefania and I went to check out Pizz A Chicago. We both love Chicago, and Chicago Pizza. It has been a while since we’ve...
Read moreFirst Look at the 2008’s
Posted 08 February 2009
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Yesterday as we worked in the winery we tasted sample of each wine before sulfuring it. After adding sulfur it will take a few weeks for the wines...
Read moreFirst Racking of the 2008’s
Posted 08 February 2009
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Today we spent a full day in the winery racking and sulfuring our 2008 wines. We just received the lab reports back and the wines had all finished...
Read moreRanch 99
Posted 06 February 2009
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We’ve been trying to increase the amount of fish we are eating and lower the amount of beef. Part of the training program we started before...
Read morePoints, Pinot and Allocations
Posted 06 February 2009
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I think I’ve covered this before, but it came up on: The Wine Spectator Forums We use a points system to figure out who gets offered what...
Read moreNew Label Preview
Posted 04 February 2009
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We’ve done a redesign again on our 2007 labels. For the 2005 labels we were not happy with the artwork on the label. It captured just a...
Read moreHiking in Calero
Posted 03 February 2009
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Sunday morning Stef and I got a chance to head to Calero park for a hike that took us about 2 hours. We haven’t been able to go hiking as...
Read moreOur Upcoming Public Schedule
Posted 30 January 2009
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We have quite a few events coming up. February 21st – Pick up day and Open House at Chaine d’Or. We’ll be open from 11-3 for...
Read moreReview from SCM/SCV Wines
Posted 29 January 2009
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A nice review from Dave Tong: http://scmwine.blogspot.com/2009/01/2006-stefania-uvas-creek-cabernet.html I think Dave provides by far the best...
Read moreHow the Haut Tubee Comes Together.
Posted 29 January 2009
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We just finished bottling our 2007 Haut Tubee a few weeks ago. I’ve talked before about how it’s made and the process we go through at...
Read moreA First Review on Robert Parker’s site.
Posted 27 January 2009
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We’ve had lots of people post tasting notes about our wines on CellarTracker, Wine Spectator, Wine Library, Vino Cellar, Chow Hound, and...
Read moreA Few Party Pictures
Posted 25 January 2009
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Early morning and the pork butts (4 of them) go on the smoker. I like to use old barrels to smoke with. By the time we cut up a barrel,
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