Joe paid a spring visit this week to the Black Rock Ranch, the only vineyard we source grapes from in Lake County. Joe talks about how the ranch got its name, and why this special place in the Red Hills appellation is a great source for Petite Sirah...
I went over to the Luvisi vineyard this morning to take the latest picture of vine growth for this year, and was surprised to see some of the flower bud clusters beginning to open up...
In this video, Tom Shoults answers some questions about why we use cork to seal our bottles, and where it comes from. Tom is our resident cork expert, since when he's not here he is a sales agent for Gueltig Cork, a German cork supplier to the wine industry...
In a bizarre turn of events, temperatures in northern Napa and Sonoma counties are predicted to top 105 degrees tomorrow, a bit of a change from only 23 days ago when we had our frost...
I went to the Luvisi 1908 vineyard yesterday to continue our photo essay of one vine in this vineyard, and was a bit surprised to see some brown, shriveled leaves on parts of the vines there...
