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Spring is planting time and this spring is no exception. This is our vineyard crew planting cuttings made from existing vines in our nursery rows...

Spring training brews and bites...

Forum: Social Hall Posted By: Michael Burcusa Post Time: 04-17-2007 at 08:06 PM

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You know it's spring in the hills near Avellino when in some of the sunniest spots the vines are already budding. I have been tasting tank samples of the latest vintage, simple, delicious white wines bursting with flavor and zippy fruit, They are about to be bottled; I can't wait to find out what they'll be like in bottle, after they recover from bottle shock. The wines are natural, very clean...

We would love to thank all the Cellar Club Members that joined us for our Spring Luncheon this past weekend. It was quite the grey spring day; however, we sold out two seatings in our new Garden Room . We had a wonderful assortment of charcuterie, cheeses, fruits, vegetables and spreads paired very nicely with tastes of both our 2006 Estate Rosé of Pinot Noir and our 2006 White Riesling...

Finally. Its been a long winter. Specifically the last month or so. The ice. The sleet. The snow. And the wind. Now that I have shed my wool coat, it seems appropriate to break out the fresh and floral whites. And lately, I've tasted through an overwhelming array of interesting ...

6 months of wino sapien. 200 posts, 174 tasting notes, at least 16 wine friendly recipes, a handful of book reviews and plenty of photos of corks, bottles, screwcaps and dirty wine glasses. . .http://feeds.feedburner.com/WinoSapien

A waving sea of pink and yellow Western Australian wild-flowers. Rhodanthe chlorocephala (aka paper daisy, or straw flower). Delicate, paper like petals and core of bright yellow. Subdued, faintly honey like scent, not unlike the smell of Acacia.http://feeds.feedburner.com/WinoSapien