Welcome to the August Briggs Blog
Welcome to the August Briggs Blog
April 28, 2008
Last Thursday we had our second day of bottling for the year (the last will be in July). Once again the Ryan Mcgee trailer pulled up next to the winery, with much better weather than in February...
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April 24, 2008
Well, our very cool early spring has continued into the fourth week of April - this is well beyond what is normally considered dangerous for frost (mid-April). As late as Monday night temps throughout Napa and Sonoma counties dipped to the 27F range. Some longtime farmers have called this spring the frostiest in years, perhaps going back as much as 30 years!...
April 21, 2008
I returned from two weeks away to find some well-developed budbreak now at the Luvisi 1908 vineyard - click on READ to see pix...
April 17, 2008
I had the opportunity to attend an excellent August Briggs winery dinner last night at Le Mistral restaurant in McLean, Virginia. Chef Tino (full name AUGUSTINO) Buggio prepared a beautiful and delicious four-course meal for an enthusiastic crowd. The third course, pan roasted New Zealand lamb chop with a ratatouille charlotte, was paired with two of our Cabernets, the Monte Rosso and the Napa Valley...
April 13, 2008
I've been thinking a lot about wine tasting since my last blog. I thought back to when I first got into wine, now about 25 years ago - one thing that amazed me then and still amazes me today is the sheer variety of wine styles, types, and flavors available. With the increased interest in wine and more modern transport methods, this variety available has only increased during that time. So how can you find what you like?...
April 7, 2008
“Taste is Personal” – a simple enough headline, but it caught my attention since it was in my blog subscriptions inbox from none other than the Wine Spectator, (I believe) the world’s largest wine publication. Several of their fine writers do their own blogging, and this one was from Bruce Sanderson. I thought this was a very interesting post, coming from a magazine that is, essentially, telling thousands and thousands of people what they should buy and drink every issue via their scores and reviews. Bruce basically writes in this post that all wine drinkers should taste for themselves and decide what they like – BRAVO! Our owner Joe Briggs and I couldn’t agree more...
April 2, 2008
After being away for a few days, I went over to the 100 year old Zin vines at the Luvisi vineyard, expecting to see some serious green growth after budbreak. As you can see (click READ)....
April 1, 2008
Frost in wine country is always a danger this time of year, up until about mid-April, after which overnight temperatures rarely reach the freezing mark. So between now (with budbreak) and then is one of the dangerous times in the vineyard. A frost can quickly turn the new vine growth black and kill it off. So when the temperature sensors set off the alarms, how does the vineyard manager deal with potential frost?
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