One of the neat benefits of starting a winery is that you are able to write off some of the wine that you buy as a business expense. On Saturday, while my wife was at our son’s baby shower scoring lots of very nice swag, my buddies Ken and Chris and I went out and [...]

So here are a few lazy links to some interesting wine posts from around the web: 1. Global Wine Temps – By St. Zini @ The Zinquisition. imagine what the changes in the environment will bring about for winemaking. Increased sunlight in some areas previously known for foggy/cloudy weather will change all those flavor precursors [...]

Michael Bauer over at his SF Gate wine blog posts a short interview with wine critic Karen MacNeil, the author of The Wine Bible. He asked her what qualities a great wine possesses, and here are the 7 that she identified: 1. The presence of varietal characteristics in the wine. 2. Balance or what she [...]

Blankiet Estate is looking for crush interns. If you’re interested, you’ll get to work under Helen Turley, the world famous consulting winemaker. Here’s the info: Premium Napa Valley Cabernet producer seeks harvest interns for the 2006 crush. Interns will work with top quality fruit, a great winemaking team and will participate in all aspects of [...]