Weather Report

The heat wave that has impacted all of Northern California, is leading to consistently hot weather in wine country. For the past two days, in Healdsburg where Teldeschi vineyard is, it has reached close to...

Another Grape Source?

Looking at WinerySite.com, I found a potential Russian River Pinot source. In light of yesterday's Grape Surplus posting, I have been seeing more pinots posted on the site. 2002 Pinot Noir Russian River Valley. 4th...

Grape Pricing this Year

More evidence of grape prices going down this year due to a surplus of grapes. Adam Lee from Siduri Wines posted yesterday that Napa Valley Chardonnay prices are bottoming out and Sonoma Pinot may be...

Current Winemaking Activity: Bottling

As I've mentioned, I regularly David Coffaro's Winemaking Journal. Today, his entry today explains that he is busy bottling his 2001 Wines. When I visited his Home Page this morning, I saw this picture on...

2001 Harvest & Wine Industry Synopsis

Leveraging the knowledge from wine industry experts can inform what grapes I decide to buy, which areas I choose, and how much I should be willing to pay. After reading the Caroline Meredith's post to...

Tasting my Mentor's Wine

Tom Leaf, my friend, mentor, and winemaker at Grape Leaf, came over this weekend. We tasted his wines: 2000 Grape Leaf Chardonnay: Devil's Gulch (Marin) 2000 Grape Leaf Chardonnay: Nicholson Ranch (Sonoma) 2000 Grape Leaf...