A Recipe for a 110pt. Red Wine
Start with fruit from a well known vineyard and appellation. Let someone else do the heavy lifting reputation wise. · Even better, be rich and famous yourself – see if you can get Brad Pitt to...
View Article“My Life as a Grape” wins Silver
If you haven’t seen the Tolosa video "My Life as a Grape" we encourage guests to watch our 3 minute promo video. This video recently won a silver for a short promotional film honored by the from the...
View ArticleResetting the Vineyard’s Clock
Harvest is now long complete. The vines are spent and their soils nearly drained of useable moisture. First a freeze or two, leaves begin to fall and the vines start their decent into dormancy. It is...
View ArticleSustainability
There is a widely held, but largely false perception that our food and by extension our wine is somehow tainted with pesticides and is bad for you. The popularity of organic and biodynamic designations...
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Harvest Update Sept. 24th
We have taken in all of blocks 569 and 590 in the last few days – they make up 60% of our No Oak and some of the Estate Chardonnay. Sugars and acid balance are perfect for Chardonnay this year from...
View ArticleThe Final Days of Harvest
This is the final week of harvest. Tomorrow, Saturday the 18th, will be our last day of picking. We'll be bringing in Syrah from Salaal Vineyard. The last few days we've been the beneficiaries of some...
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Bottling – a love hate relationship.
Like most winemakers I have a love hate relationship to bottling. I love getting the wine in bottle, because it means my job is mostly complete, and there is a real since of accomplishment that the...
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