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Josh Hermsmeyer  |  josh@pinotblogger.com  |  382 posts



Winegrowing and Baseball – Rotobase

February 4, 2010

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Wine and baseball are intertwined in the best of ways. Both the growing season and the playing season overlap almost perfectly. Pitchers and catchers report in February, foreshadowing the beginning of spring training. In the vineyard we prune and train our vines in February in anticipation of spring. Play begins in earnest in April, and [...]

Charlie Palmer Pigs & Pinot – Customer Service EPIC FAIL

January 22, 2010

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Charlie Palmer’s annual Pigs & Pinot event is a well regarded and, if this year is any indication, well attended event. Which is why it is both surprising and completely unacceptable to receive the following email: Dear Candace, We are very sad to bring this news to you today. Demand for Pigs & Pinot this year [...]

Climate Change and Wine Growing: One Farmer’s Opinion

December 7, 2009

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A couple items in the news and the on the blogs prompted this post. First was the recent discussion by Jeff over at Good Grape about Tom Johnson’s (author of Louisville Juice) contention that wine bloggers don’t link to each other. One of the reasons for this, Jeff says, is because of the dearth of [...]

W. Blake Gray On Why Amazon Really Quit Wine

December 3, 2009

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Some very important reporting from W. Blake Gray. For the impatient, the reason is: taxes. Read the whole post.

Still Blogging The Birth of a Winery, Four Years Later

November 30, 2009

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A little over 4 years ago (November 18th 2005 to be exact) I wrote the following: Welcome to pintoblogger.com, a blog I’ve created to outline the long and painful processes involved in starting and building a family winery in the Russian River Valley. I’ll be honest, just typing the words above was daunting. I have no illusions [...]