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First Week…. Getting Ready for the Harvest
My life was good, maybe even perfect…but I got bit hard by the whole wine thing. I was a happy, successful medical professional and I just couldn’t be satisfied with the answers to my questions given...
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Second Week….Harvest 2014
As predicted, the beginning of harvest week for us started with bottling all the 2013 Chardonnay. As a small, family owned winery, most of the bottling is done in house and only very large lots...
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Week 3…Harvest 2014
A thrilling and exhausting week it was! I had some of my first 10 hour days and we saw the first obvious signs that fermentation has begun. Harvest is a big, messy chaos of receiving and processing...
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Week 4…Harvest 2014 – We Have WINE!
We have WINE! The first fruit, Pinot noir, to come into the winery has now evolved into wine! I noticed that the cap of grape skins was falling on a small fermenter yesterday morning. By the end of the...
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Prickly Pear
Have you ever eaten prickly pear?. If you have not, you should consider it next time you see them at the farmer’s market, prickly pear is a cactus with jointed stems and oval flattened segments,...
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Week 5…Harvest 2014
Ok…by now it is all a blur of processing grapes as they are picked, pressing the grapes that have turned into wine, and punch downs…ALWAYS punch downs. There are a couple things that distinguished this...
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Dia de los Muertos (DAY OF THE DEAD)
Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday celebrated on October 31-November 2 of each year, is a celebration in honor to women, men and children who have passed away, this a tradition that has roots nearly...
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Vegan Curried Roasted Cauliflower Soup with Bodkin 2013 Muscat Canelli
With Fall in full swing its a great time to explore new rich soups for chilly evenings. The following soup is so rich and creamy you will be surprised that it is made without cream. And the smells that...
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Thousands Throng To Downtown Geyserville
Earlier this year we were almost into the Spring before any measurable precipitation fell. The recalcitrant high pressure ridge sitting off the West coast for 13 months had growers predicting dire...
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Codfish with tomatoes, olives and chiles: Bacalao a la vizcaina
Bacalao a la vizacaina is yet another example of the very tasty yet very simple dishes thatcome from the northern Spanish region of the Basque Country. It is one of the most popular Christmas dishes...
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