Just a quick congrats to my bud John for making the North Bay business journal 40 under 40 list. His recent success at getting Jordan ranked #1 for the first time in the Wine and Spirits Restaurant poll was quite an achievement indeed. Here’s to continued success my friend. John Jordan, 34, CEO, Jordan Vineyard [...]
April 24, 2007
Mike Duffy at Winery Website Report. El Jefe at Twisted Oak, and Paul at Inertia hit me with the “Why I Blog” tag today. Many thanks fellas, I always enjoy talkin’ ’bout myself! Here’s what I came up with… First and foremost the blog is a cheap, fun marketing vehicle and personal relationship builder. Crass [...]
April 20, 2007
I love all styles of pinot, as long as they pair well with food I’m passionate about. Since I happen to be a big steak guy I find that the concentrated but balanced pinot that you often find in the Russian River, Central Coast and Oregon pair really nicely with a well prepared steak. The [...]
April 13, 2007
My last post on precision viticulture sparked some interesting discussion in the comments. I thought it was great, and the opinions voiced are certainly indicative of the majority of the industry so I thought I’d highlight them here. The first comment was by my friend Morgan, who is currently working on building his own new [...]
April 11, 2007
I’ve been immersing myself in precision viticulture (PV) these past two weeks, trying to figure out how to apply it to our 17 acre operation in a way that makes sense. Done well, the tools of PV (GPS, GIS, IR etc) can help you very accurately identify and differentially manage variation within your vineyard. For [...]
April 25, 2007
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