Today, we flew up to San Francisco for John Dorr's retirement party. 31 years with IBM - what stamina! Oops, I can't call it his retirement - he refers to it as a "transition."
Before the party, we stopped in at Crushpad and met with the winemaker for our Pinot Noir. Our grapes from the Sleepy Hollow Vineyard in the Santa Lucia Highlands of Monterey County (about 90 minutes south of SF) will be picked in another week or two (if the weather cooperates).
Caren's cousin Barry is splitting the barrel with us. I know what question many of you are asking yourselves - how many bottles of wine in a barrel? The answer is 24.6 cases or 295 bottles or 1,180 glasses. Stay on our good side and next year you may get a present delivered to your doorstep by UPS. We can't possibly drink it all ourselves - we need help.
Our wine should be bottled and ready to distribute in about 12 months. Stay tuned for the release of our own cult wine.
Caren was really getting involved in the details of crushing the grapes. We tasted wine out of the barrel from the 2006 vintage that originated in the same vineyard as our grapes.
Our wine should be bottled and ready to distribute in about 12 months. Stay tuned for the release of our own cult wine.
Caren was really getting involved in the details of crushing the grapes. We tasted wine out of the barrel from the 2006 vintage that originated in the same vineyard as our grapes.
We also tasted from the barrel the 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon that Caren's cousin has aging before bottling late next year.
This allowed us to get in the spirit early for John's party.
