I love this time of year. Thought you might all enjoy some of the images around the winery too! So…..this time I’m short on words and letting the pictures speak for themselves.
>>> READ MOREI know it is nearly the end of the 1st month of the new year but I believe it is never too late to make a New Year’s Resolution. After all, the calendar really shouldn’t be the determining guideline of everything. So….here it is….I resolve to take time and enjoy the memories we are creating more!!! Yes….I know….who doesn’t need to do this. Right? Actually follow through is the trick!! There have been so many reminders lately of how time flies, how life is short and how I feel like we have missed enjoying some of…
>>> READ MOREIt has been an interesting season to say the least. It seemed Spring would never end and summer has been incredibly mild for the most part. So what has that done for the 2010 vintage you may ask? Well the proof is showing up in the winery already and I personally can’t wait to see what that translates into in the bottle!! Normally in Lodi, we fight to maintain acid levels and minimize too high of sugars while waiting for maturity of the fruit and flavors. This year our acid and pH levels were so…
>>> READ MOREI think that one of the most intriguing things about wine is not the wine itself but people’s reaction to it. And I think the range of wines available is just about as wide as the range of palates you find. This has been a new experience for me as I stand on the other side of the bar or the table at a wine event and listen to people describe the wines. I have had everthing from the simple…”that’s good” to ….a description of multiple aromas and flavors …..to a full description of how the wine would…
>>> READ MOREFriday, July 30th our family received a great honor. Our business was inducted into the California Agricultural Heritage Club. This is an award honoring….”California farms, ranches, organizations and agribusinesses that have preserved an economic liability in the state with a bare requirement of at least one entire century. Applicants are entailed to submit a completed application and documentation providing proof of ownership over the last 100 years.” As many of you have heard us tell, our property on Harney Lane was purchased by Fred Schnaidt, George’s great grandfather, in 1900. Then in the first decade…
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