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Tell Me Your Story…

A couple of weeks ago we were fortunate enough to get a mention in the Wall Street Journal. It was certainly a very cool thing to have happen. Traffic to the site rose dramatically, for a few days. Some folks joined the mailing list and some others subscribed to our RSS feed. Many were exposed [...]

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Oak Barrels

Kent is the winemaker of Green Truck Cellars, a small Pinot producer in Napa Valley. And when I say small, I’m talking 400-500 cases small. Earlier this year he traveled to France on a journey to discover more about the barrels he was using; how they were made, how the wood was selected and harvested, [...]

WordCamp 06

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Tomorrow I’m off to San Francisco to attend WordCamp 06, a conference for WordPress users and developers. WordPress is the blogging platform that I use to write Pinotblogger, and its completely free, which I think is pretty awesome.
Capozzi Winery will be helping to [...]

Veraison Is Here

Veraison (vay-ray-ZON), the start of berry ripening is upon us. All over Rebecca’s Vineyard Pinot grapes are starting their change from hard, green, sour acid pebbles into sweet, ripe, red bird bait.
I find this time of year the most beautiful, as long as the temps are reasonable. The fair is still going on, summer is [...]

Second Guessing

One of the best and most honest posts on building a winery (and running it as a business) I’ve read is over at Vintner’s Journal, the Match Vineyard’s winery blog. This kind of openess really makes me want to try their wines. I just wish Randy and Sasha would post more often.
Have a look..

I was [...]