Hazy Shade of Winter...

I managed to get some pruning done on the Chez Ray vines. You can see this one performing a backflip into winter... The other vines are waiting patiently, ready to shiver through the cold months...

The Twisted Oak, Sunday afternoon in December, by El Jefe....

Forum: Wine Talk Posted By: C Roberts Post Time: 03-14-2007 at 01:22 PM

Chateau Pech-Latt. Near Ribaute. Les Corbieres. Languedoc. Vines trained in Gobelet pruning. France. Europe. Vineyard.

Today had a real winter chill to it, which in the days of global warming is sort of reassuring for the UK in late December: it's supposed to be cold in mid-winter! Indeed, I'd just love some sub-zero temperatures, together with a dusting (or more) of snow, for the Christmas holidays. I went for my usual lunchtime walk today, through Regent's Park. The morning mist had cleared, but the air...

This is going to be a hard Chicago winter. Wine and winter go together like peanut butter and jelly. It warms ... . This is a wild predicition, but I really think we're going to drink a lot of this stuff this winter ... ", "warm", and "smoky" jumps out as being ideal winter red wines. Here's one more from our teeny tiny ... for taste and awesome black cat bottle design is Zeller Schwarze Katz . Another distinctly winter...

FYI, we will be throwing a party for Winter Wineland this weekend.  So, as Bob Barker says, “Come on down!”  Not only will the wine and vibe be up to snuff, but you can catch a sneak peak of the new Roshambus which will be parked on the premises.  Oh, and we’ll be in full costume.  You can see us dressed in a menagerie of zany characters from our past parties.  If you can’t make it don’t worry...

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