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 [...]
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June is Norton Month – Such a Deal.
June is a special month for Norton Lovers. It’s the time to stock up on Missouri’s famous Norton wine to put down, and enjoy the benefits of continued cellar aging. For the month of June you get the case discount (15%) on Norton, and you get two Riedel Crystal Norton Glasses with each case purchased [...]
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 [...]
Chambourcin – A Rising Star
We’ll release our first Estate-Grown Chambourcin this Spring. Needless to say there is a little excitement around the ‘ole winery. Chambourcin is one of the two grapes grown in our newly-acquired vineyard down at Wine Country Gardens. We have been buying grapes from that vineyard before we took it over, and this year (after three [...]
