Jeff’s Corner 4-14-23 Howdy, Everyone! I hope all of you are enjoying this beautiful spring weather as much as Kath and I are. We never stray far from our back porch even in January or July, but it has been especially gorgeous in the Texas Hill Country this…
Jeff’s Corner 8-12-22 Hello again, everyone! Last week, we began the final chapter of our five-part series of a grape vine’s life cycle by discussing what goes on in the vineyard leading up to harvest. We learned from our vineyard manager (Clint Messimer) about the types of…
Jeff’s Corner 8-6-22 Hey, Hey, Hey, Today we are going to conclude our five-part series on the life cycle of a grape vine. This story will be a two-parter, with today focusing on what goes on in the vineyard leading up to harvest, while next…
Jeff’s Corner 7-1-22 “This land is your land, this land is my landFrom California, to the New York islandFrom the redwood forest, to the gulf stream watersThis land was made for you and me.” What inspiring words from the great Woody Guthrie to begin a long Fourth…
Jeff’s Corner 5-20-22 Howdy, everyone! Today we will talk about “fruit set,” which is the third installment in our five-part series on the life cycle of a grapevine. You can check out the first two parts, bud break and flowering, in earlier blogs. There are two…
Jeff’s Corner 5-6-22 Not too long ago (Jeff’s Corner 4-1-22), we began a series on the critical stages in the life cycle of a grapevine. We talked about the vines coming out of dormancy and springing back to life with “bud break.” When flowering begins, the buds…
Jeff’s Corner 4-1–22 Hello, Hello, Hello!Today is about as beautiful a spring day in the Texas Hill Country as one could possibly imagine. The temp is in the mid 80’s, the humidity around 15%, and there’s not a cloud in the sky. Spring is indeed a time of…
Jeff’s Corner Hey, Hey, Hey, The much anticipated October wine allocation is finally here (it’s been a long time since June). It will be available for pick-up this weekend as soon as your order is processed, and will be shipped Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday next week. Wine Club members are typically the first to receive new vintages before they go “public”, and if you’re in the Black Label Club you will get the new ’17 Merlot, and if you’re in the Mixed Club you will enjoy the ’17 Cabernet Trois. Here are the tasting notes I’ve written for these lovely wines, and when they are released on the tasting bar, I’ll post a more comprehensive story on each. Cheers!
Jeff’s Corner Howdy, Hola, and Hello I was in the winery not long ago loving the smell of yeast and fermentation and fresh grape juice when I remembered a story about yeast I wrote a few years ago. So here it is again, one more time. The cute fable at the end was a story I told in my very first Jeff’s Corner, sometime in early 2010:
Jeff’s Corner Kath and I were enjoying some porch therapy the other evening and I pulled the cork on a 2016 Mosaic and Great Googly Moogly, it was drinking great! So, I thought why not make some notes and share them with all of you.
Jeff’s Corner Hopefully we’ll have some new releases to talk about soon, but in the meantime I have a couple more updates to share. A few weeks ago we did our annual tasting of the new 2017 Heath Vineyards wines from our Paso Robles vines. I was “forced” to sit down with Brian, Jennifer, Jason and crew to taste and evaluate the new vintage.
Jeff’s Corner Hey Hey Hey Today we are going to talk about a few things. First, I want to thank you for all the great feedback on last week’s story. I liked it a lot as well, and feel it is one of the better columns I’ve written. I…