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20% of Rebecca’s Vineyard Crop Lost

I finished a final estimate of the losses we incurred due to the insane cold snap this weekend. It came out to exactly 20%.
3.4 acres of Rebecca’s vineyard were hit and hit hard by the sub 30’s temps this past Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Below you can see the temp data from our RanchSystems weather [...]

Wine and VCRs

Great post over at Pinot Law that I highly recommend you check out. Here’s the take-away for the time strapped:
I do not wish to belabor the point, but the sooner the wholesalers realize that a major paradigm shift has occurred in the wine market, the better off they will be. The Internet is not going [...]

The Problem With Gary Vaynerchuk

There’s a general philosophy among open-minded Christians that basically boils down to: “Don’t sweat the small stuff.” When one denomination agrees with 90% of what the other has to say, why focus on the 10% that separates?
I’ve held a similar attitude regarding Gary Vee since he burst on the scene a couple years ago. My [...]

How to Make a Church Cry About Pinot

The opening line in Steve Heimoff’s profile of Greg La Follette in New Classic Winemakers of California reads:
“It has been said of Greg La Follette that he could bring a church to tears about Pinot Noir.”
In the clip below you can get a bit of a feel for how he earned that reputation.
In [...]

The Golden Triangle

I’ll be posting a few clips from a very cool and interesting winemaker roundtable from last month over the next few days. Sponsored by Kendall-Jackson and benefitting the Sonoma County Wine Library, Steve Heimoff (his latest book can be found here) led a discussion with some of Sonoma’s top winemakers.
Today I’m featuring a quick [...]