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 [...]
November 30, 2009
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 [...]
November 16, 2009
Shit-de-merde! This wine is all Brett, all the time. Unless you have an aversion to the flavors and aromas of actual wine, it is best to stay away. Only the most jaded fruit and floral aroma haters need apply. Based on this one dimensional sensory profile I guessed France, and from there the Rhone. I was [...]
November 12, 2009
Ms. Farrah, I thought you should know that I just finished reading Tom Wark’s recent post on your unconscionable support of HB6644 late last year. This was a bill that, as far as I am able to discern, was almost completely anti-consumer and anti-competitive, benefitting only the Michigan Beer & Wine Wholesalers. That you counted the [...]
November 6, 2009
After reading the latest issue of Practical Winery & Vineyard and seeing the term “trading down” misused by an un-named CEO no less than three times in one paragraph, I wanted to gouge my eyes out with my Dixon Ticonderoga 1388. Stop using it. Just stop. Saying that consumers are “trading down” right now betrays a [...]
February 4, 2010
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