I noticed that I’ve been blogging here for nearly a month and hadn’t yet mentioned our plans for the Winery.

For those out there interested in the machinations involved in filing for a winery trademark here are some of the relevant details. Hold on, this could get ugly.  Trademarks originated in the middle ages in trade guilds. Most guilds would have a requirement that their members use a specific mark on goods made under the [...]

Over at Dr. Vino a poll asking readers to vote on the most overused word or phrase of the past year is up. Sideways (my vote, even though I enjoyed the movie) is clearly in the lead, but add your two cents as well. Update: Also you’ve got to give this post a read over [...]

We have, at long last, settled on a winery name and in doing so we’ve happily stayed true to our roots as a family run company. Copozzi was the last name of my great grandmother Maria Giovanna who was the first of our clan to make wine, a continent away in Pennsylvania. Maria Giovanna would have unspecified white grapes shipped [...]

Tomorrow morning we’ll be having a chat and deciding on the winery name and hammering out some other details. Exciting times! I’d like to thank everyone who submitted a suggestion, your feedback has been a real boost for all of us here. Also a shout out to Tom Wark at Fermentation. His blog is one [...]