More Shipping Fun.
Posted 10 January 2007
45
Here’s my experience with one of the six shipping companies I’ve evaluated so far. First, someone always answers the phone there...
Read morePruning Update
Posted 09 January 2007
3687
We got off to a good start this weekend on pruning. The weather was excellent, cold, but clear no rain or damp fog that can making pruning so...
Read moreFull Moon’s
Posted 04 January 2007
50
A couple of years ago I started pruning after the first full moon in January. Before that I did it more or less randomly in January, when I could...
Read moreShipping Problems Already?
Posted 29 December 2006
40
Since we haven’t bottled wine yet, it would seem impossible to have problems with our shipping company, but we have. I picked out a small...
Read moreVisit at Big Basin Vineyards.
Posted 20 December 2006
58
A couple of weeks ago Bradley Brown, owner and winemaker at Big Basin Vineyards called me. Originally he was looking for some vineyard sources in...
Read moreNope, it really is this slow.
Posted 13 December 2006
49
I know it’s been awhile since my last update, but there really is very little going on in the wine world right now. In the winery everything...
Read moreA Note on Allocations.
Posted 30 November 2006
51
I’ve spent some time recently thinking about what we are going to do regarding allocations for our first few releases. It looks like...
Read moreThanksgiving Wine
Posted 23 November 2006
44
Happy Thanksgiving. I get asked often what wines go well with Thanksgiving Dinner. The anwer is ‘none’. There really isn’t any...
Read moreHaut Tubee
Posted 20 November 2006
54
Every year we host a harvest party in our backyard. The highlight is a grape stomp. I put out about 600 pounds of grapes in a 1/2 ton bin and
Read moreEnjoying a Glass of Wine.
Posted 17 November 2006
53
A couple of weeks ago I had a few visitors in from Florida who wanted to barrel taste our 2005 wines. Things where a little crazy at Crushpad and...
Read moreLots and lots of pictures
Posted 10 November 2006
54
Finally had a chance to get through all the seasons pictures. It’s been so busy, but I got them organized finally. There are too many to...
Read morePictures are on the Way.
Posted 08 November 2006
43
We really did take a lot of harvest pictures this year. Maybe too many in fact. Instead of posting them all here or at www.stefaniawine.com...
Read more