People have been asking me how this year’s wet weather will affect the quality of the 2017 vintage wine. We must have had at least 70 in. of rain, more than double the average yearly rainfall. The rains kept coming down all the way into the month of June. ...
In 1998, before Elisheva and I even dreamt about having a winery, we sold our flavor company that we founded 20 years before to a French company from the South of France. After the acquisition I continued working for them for an additional three years. ...
If you read wine magazines, wine columns in your daily paper or visit wine blogs, does it ever happen that you come across a statement that does not sound quite right to you. It happens to me all the time. I find some of these statements to be “myths”,...
I have been compiling a list of questions that people ask me about wine in general and my farming and winemaking techniques and philosophies. In this winemaker’s corner I will discuss a few of the topics that interest many of our customers. To water or not to...
Our original customer base which consisted of predominantly baby-boomers and Gen-X is aging and getting replaced by younger consumers. In order for us to continue our presence in the wine market it behooves us to understand the character, habits and life style...
