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Thanks to all of the pickers. What a great bunch you were. Send your pic from here home to your folks! Winner of the “pickers fashion stakes” this year, just beating the semi naked man, was the low rider track suit from Sweden.     

Have you heard about the new brewery in Greenland making beer from melting inland ice? Here’s a little something from me in the Seattle Weekly : What Would Al Gore Drink? tags: beer

Yes, it is that time for draining tanks, shoveling, filling barrels.  Here are some photos from yesterday’s pressing of Pinot Noir from Chula Vina.  Here’s Will in the tank and James getting the equipment set-up. 

We pressed Sauvignon Blanc on Friday and Saturday.  Here are some photos:                   Dick and Tanya are sorting grapes; James is cleaning up and here is a future cellar master directing all the operations.  We fill the presses by hand and sort ...

The nose shows cinnamon, cardamom, and cherries. Flavors are bright and clean - fruit, spice, a little earth. This wine is seamless, with no rough edges. You could easily criticize it for being a little dull or a little sterile - if it cost 4 times as much. But at ...

Crucial weather maps Grapes demurely waiting Off with the nets Pickers from around the globe Perfect merlot The comments from the pickers were interesting, they said it was the best fruit that they had picked for weeks and that it was a pleasure. They should know. Dangerous Nice guy but ...

After a month, Jen (aka the Minister for Communication for Gherardi Wines) is back from her training at the BBC London and research on the historical Georgiana Molloy in Scotland.        She says she compressed a spinal disc while taking photo’s of documents and has been flat on her ...