2001 Wines

March 07, 2004

Eno Wines Wins Prestigious Design Award; To Be Published in ID Magazine

Patrick Castro, the graphic designer behind all of Eno, called me today with great news. Eno Wines had won an award in I.D. magazine's Design Annual issue for the 2001 Little Miss Dangerous and Small...

Posted by Sasha at 12:25 AM

June 19, 2003

Our First Restaurant Placement- Liberty Café

Eno Wines is now in its first restaurant and wine bar, the Liberty Café. I brought "Little Miss Dangerous" and "Small Town Hero" for Bruno, the wine buyer. He liked both wines. Bruno particular enjoyed...

Posted by Sasha at 10:31 PM

June 17, 2003

Sales of the 2001 Wines are Brisk

Since last week's official site launch and release of the wines, sales have been brisk. The gift pack has been doing particularly well. It provides a way to taste each one and then decide on...

Posted by Sasha at 12:24 PM

December 09, 2002

2001- Government Approves my labels; Eno ^TM?

> 2001 Labels Eno's creative efforts have been recognized by the US government agency, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms. We received a fax today with the approval of both my 2001 labels. In the...

Posted by Sasha at 07:50 PM

November 25, 2002

2001- Submitting Labels to be Approved by Gov't

Today, I fed-exed my Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms' application for label approval. After incorporating the feedback from two Focus Groups and reviewing the legal guidelines, Patrick and I have finalized the labels for...

Posted by Sasha at 02:50 PM

October 10, 2002

2001- Design Checkpoint #1

For our first Design Checkpoint, Patrick presented 3 label design directions for my 2001 zinfandels. All three have illustrations, different typography, and different numbers of colors. My favorite, below, included a watercolor, interpreting the names...

Posted by Sasha at 09:25 AM

October 07, 2002

2001- Design Checkpoint #1- Tonight

Patrick, my roommate and visual designer extrordinaire at Celery Design, and I are going to meet tonight or tomorrow night, to review the design directions for my 2001 wine labels. I am very excited because,...

Posted by Sasha at 10:04 AM

September 15, 2002

2001 Bottled both my wines

On Saturday, we bottled my 2001 wines:2001 Zinfandel- Teldeschi Vineyard (Dry Creek Valley2001 Zinfandel- Damas Vineyard (Amador County)It was great to assemble friends and family to help bottle my "babies". They are tasting very good...

Posted by Sasha at 11:03 AM

September 13, 2002

Bottling the 2001, and 2002 Grapes Around the Corner

So the harvest is ramping up incredibly quickly... Last night, Kiara and I bottled 13 cases of my home Zinfandel wine. Today, 112 cases of bottles will be delivered from Encore in Benecia to the...

Posted by Sasha at 10:42 PM

July 24, 2002

Topped of Zins

Yesterday, Tom topped off all the reds at the winery. He went through 14 gals. of GrapeLeaf: Syrah- Nicholson Ranch. Most were down about a liter. Also, he added 15ppm SO2 to each barrel(50 ml...

Posted by Sasha at 01:25 PM

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