quality vs quantity

Replenishing: Every season is beautiful

Every season in the vineyard is beautiful. When I wrote this, the vines were…


No opener? No problem!

Did you know: If you have forgotten your corkscrew and no one else has…


Drink Wine like a Pro: finally ... Drink!

Take a swig! See if the stuff you smelled is also in the taste. Pinot is really…


Drink Wine like a Pro: Smell

The fourth step is to *Smell You can call it the nose or the bouquet or…


Drink Wine like a Pro: Swirl

Then, the next step is to * Swirl To “open” the wine, you should swirl it…


Taste Wine like a Pro: Observe

Next – *Observe Look at the wine before you smell or drink it. Pinot has…


Taste Wine like a Pro: Breathe

I am no expert so it would be wrong for me to insert a quick…


What's in the glass?

If you’re like me, you will have a natural abhorrence for the pretentiousness…


Science vs Romance

One of the real challenges we faced when starting the vines was that neither of…


Ambivalence of Birds

When we got onto the farm there were almost no birds. You’d see the occasional…