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I stopped in Woodhouse Family Cellars the other week and found Winemaker Jean Claude Beck topping off the barrels that had lost some of the wine through evaporation. Looks like he also took a minutes to top himself off with a taste. Tweet This Post
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Village Wines – Friday, October 30th – Village People at Village Wines – Wear the costume of your favorite personality and win hourly prizes, enjoy the vibrant crowd and lively wines. Get your spookable Halloween themed wines. Tweet This Post
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I stopped by William Church Winery on Saturday to do a punch down of the grapes. It’s a process of punching down through the grapes as they sit on top of the juice. It looks easy but it a challenge to punch through the grapes at first. It get a bit easier as they have […]
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Seen on Craig’s List this week: Investor(s) Wanted for WA Winery (Woodinville). If you can scrape together $100k+ by yourself, or get together with your friends, you may want to check out a chance to own a new concept winery. If anyone finds out anything, let me know. Tweet This Post
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Every once in awhile on a Wednesday evening Chef Bobby Moore does a cooking demonstration at Fireside Cellars at Willows Lodge. I was at the one last Wednesday where he made Butternut Squash Soup and Duck Confit. His demo is usually right in the middle of Happy Hour so I sipped on a glass of Chateau […]
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There have been quite a few conversations about social media and how wineries can use these tools. I was fortunately to be invited to William Church Winery last Saturday night for another conversation. Quite few few other bloggers/tweeters were also in attendance to offer opinions on how wineries, specifically William Church, can leverage Facebook, Twitter, and the internet […]
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I bumped into Stacy Lill at Bin on the Lake on Thursday and O Wines came up in the conversation. O Wines will be releasing their highly anticipated red blend on January 1st, 2010. It’s a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, & Syrah. I’m a red blend fan and hope to get a taste soon. What a […]
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Work on the DeLille Cellars Carriage House Tasting Room is progessing at a rapid pace. Rumor has it that it should be finished very soon. The front of the bar is up and the floor is almost done. The flooring looks great and it looks like it’s from wine barrels. I think that is approporiate […]
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Last Saturday was another beautiful day to be working with grapes. I spent most of my day hand sorting out leaves, spiders, mold, and bugs from the Cabernet Franc grapes at NW Totem Cellars. After the sorting the grapes they run they through a destemmer to remove the stems and anything we missed. We sorted through 2.6 tons […]
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Well I hear that the Envious Winemakers who made Woodinville Red is actually a second label for Woodinville Wine Cellars. Step up and take a bow. It’s a great wine. Tweet This Post
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