I love schwag. Who doesn’t? Tee-shirts especially. So I’ve been looking around for a good supplier of shirts and working on a spiffy design. I wanted to make a shirt people would actually want to wear, otherwise why go through the effort and expense? What I finally came up with is pictured over there on [...]

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 [...]

One of the best and most honest posts on building a winery (and running it as a business) I’ve read is over at Vintner’s Journal, the Match Vineyard’s winery blog. This kind of openess really makes me want to try their wines. I just wish Randy and Sasha would post more often. Have a look.. [...]

St. Zini has all the details and some great commentary over at his blog. It seems Randall Grahm can truly be called eccentric now, he’s always been a bit loony and now he’s also quite rich. Perhaps, as St. Zini proposes, now he will be able to concentrate on making some interesting lower production wines [...]

Inertia Beverage Group continues to move the ball up field on the direct to consumer front. Tonight they just announced a small but important addition to their allocation module. The allocation module allows for a painless way to manage your inventory and customer allotments, and now they’ve added the ability for customers to add additional [...]