Earlier this month we hosted our first Winemakers Dinner for our Wine:30 Club. It was a bit crazy in the final prep minutes but turned out to be a great success!! I think that the day was one of the windiest we have had all year and while weather reports predicted winds to die down at 5pm it was still windy with gusts to 30 mph at 6:40 (20 minutes to showtime!) So…..in the last few minutes we moved 1/3 of the tables further tucked in on the patio. So we sat very “cozy” out…
>>> READ MOREWhat a spring this has been! As if time doesn’t fly by fast enough, we have to be tricked by Mother Nature?! It is so hard to believe that we are mid way through May already and yet to have any weather above 85. I do have to say, that it made for a much more enjoyable Zinfest with weather in the 80’s instead the 100’s. People actually talked about the wines and the vendors and not just the heat. That said…..it is time for this rain to go away and the warmer days to…
>>> READ MOREThe landscape is quickly changing both in the vineyards and on the winery grounds. Tender shoots are pushing out at what seems like a rapid rate. It’s one of the prettiest times of years……green grass in the rows and green tips on the vines. The winery grounds are also starting to really shape up. Things are really starting to fill in and the flowers are starting to bloom. In fact, the iris along the driveway are just about to be in full bloom. This is really going to be quite a greeting to visitors for the…
>>> READ MOREIf you live close to vineyards you will notice that pruning season is in full swing. In fact we have completed about two thirds of our pruning. It always seems like a clean fresh start that I appreciate after the frost has left the vineyards and most of my yard looking a bit beaten. It even inspires me to want to do some Spring Cleaning (now…if I can just find the time). I can’t help but think about how many “fresh starts” our Lizzy James vineyard has seen since 1904. Imagine starting your 106th season. …
>>> READ MOREWe threw ourselves a 1st birthday party the first weekend of November, complete with chocolate cupcakes and candles. Luckily we rarely broke out into a chorus of “Happy Birthday.” If you have ever heard our family rendition of the song you would understand why. Yes, hard to believe, but just over a year ago, we washed down the cement pad, used every extension cord we could find (since we didn’t have power yet), moved a bar in and handed out over 400 yellow hardhats to our very first guests at First Sip 2008! I told people this year,…
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