Veraison (vay-ray-ZON), the start of berry ripening is upon us. All over Rebecca’s Vineyard Pinot grapes are starting their change from hard, green, sour acid pebbles into sweet, ripe, red bird bait. I find this time of year the most beautiful, as long as the temps are reasonable. The fair is still going on, summer [...]

If you would, take a moment to vote on one of the following label designs. Since the beginning of this winery blog I’ve been using it as a forum for gathering feedback from you so I figured I’d take this opportunity to continue the tradition. We are split internally yet again on extremely subjective matters [...]

From the NY Times (registration required). While none of this is really new, it does reinforce the notion that there is some not completely understood correlation between those who drink moderate amounts of alcohol and healthy hearts. And that’s after controlling for smoking, exercise etc. Compared with those who abstain from alcohol, people who consumed [...]