It’s here. Announcing the long-awaited release of Redwing Blackbird, our Chambourcin-Norton blend that so many of you helped us test this summer. It’s an easy drinking wine reminiscent of the flavor profile of our now famous “Drop Dead Red” Barbera – not really sweet with but with enough residual sugar that we can’t call it [...]
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Rose’ – The Perfect Summer Wine
We started making Rose’ two years ago. It was an experiment – and not an altogether successful one. The wine tasted great! But it had a little problem – it blew up in your face when you opened the bottle! Not a particularly auspicious start for a new wine. So we went back to the [...]
2008 Estate Bottled Norton
We’ve released our 2008 Estate Bottled Norton – and what a vintage it is! We rolled it out for a tasting at the O’ Fallon Chamber of Commerce “Food Wine and Art” evening, February 19, and it will be available in the Yellow Farmhouse Tasting Room on Saturday, April 2. This is our Flagship – [...]
Throw a Wine Tasting Party
It’s really fun. Here’s a suggestion for a fun time as winter winds down. Try a wine tasting party. It’s fun and you might learn something. Here’s how it works: Invite your friends over, and ask them each to bring one bottle of wine. You want to choose a color beforehand so that all bring [...]
Have You Tried a Good Mexican Wine?
No, “Good Mexican Wine” is not an Oxymoron. When January and February come around Linda and I are usually looking for a place to get out of Missouri’s icy blast, and a frequent target of ours is Mexico. No, we are not afraid of the drug gangs, and where we like to go (Zihuatanejo, Playa [...]
