First Pick
Posted 29 September 2007
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Woke up at 6:15 this morning. A very cold morning, in the low 50’s. It rained last night for about 45 seconds, but by this morning there was...
Read moreSecond Round of Mailers Out Today
Posted 24 September 2007
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Orders are still coming in from our first round of mailers last week. Demand is just about where I thought it would be so we dropped of the second...
Read moreToo Early For 2008?
Posted 21 September 2007
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A few years ago when we started the vineyard management company we averaged 8-10 calls a year about managing or installing vineyards. We’d...
Read moreHarvest Spin
Posted 18 September 2007
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I’ve been keeping up on postings on line about harvest around the state. One thing seems to be happening already that I’m calling...
Read moreFirst Offer Letters Out
Posted 17 September 2007
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We dropped the first round of offer letters for our fall release in the mail this morning. Our 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon Uvas Creek Vineyard is...
Read moreWeekend Update
Posted 16 September 2007
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It’s been another busy weekend. My phone actually rings more on the weekends now than during the week. There was a little break Saturday. I...
Read moreThe First Late Night of the Harvest Season
Posted 14 September 2007
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And it wasn’t harvesting……… Tuesday night we received all our 2006 wines in barrel. They had come from the facility we had...
Read moreHarvest already?
Posted 05 September 2007
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I was really surprised to read today that many people are already starting harvest. And not just in hot areas, or for early grapes like Sauvignon...
Read moreFall Newsletter
Posted 01 September 2007
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Dear Friends, So much has happened since the last time we wrote to all of you it’s hard to know where to start! It’s been a busy few...
Read morePlanes, Trains and Stagecoaches
Posted 08 August 2007
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We’re off on our summer tour and it’s very likely the next few blogs will just have a tiny bit more to do with travel than wine...
Read moreBeta Testing
Posted 02 August 2007
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Last night we went out to dinner at Sent Sovi in Saratoga. The idea was to try all our wines with some good food before we go out visiting people...
Read moreFall Mailers are Upon Us.
Posted 31 July 2007
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Today I got my first two mailers of the ‘Fall’. On July 30th. Fall comes earlier than the Christmas season now, at least if your...
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