Howdy, Howdy and Hello I hope all of you have been enjoying Clint Messimer’s posts regarding the growth cycle of a grape cluster last week and yesterday as much as I have. Clint, our vineyard manager extraordinaire, has an incredible ability to explain the intricacy of his craft in words…
Jeff’s Corner Two days ago, Chelsea posted a nice pic of our vines going through bud break and bursting into life for the 2019 vintage. Here’s a bit more info, and I thought you might enjoy a closer look at a snap I took March 26, 2015, almost exactly 4 years ago.
Jeff’s Corner 10-12-18 It’s been a slow news week, as they like to say, here in the Press Room at GCV. I was thumbing through my all-time favorite wine book looking for something to write about when I thought, hey, why not write about this book. In over 20 years, it’s never let me down.
Jeff’s Corner 9-28-18 Hooo Wheee, Granny, and Aye Caramba! Next Thursday is going to be one of those dreaded days at work when we feel most abused. I’m going to be held at corkscrewpoint and forced to sit down with Brian, Jennifer, Jason, Patrick, and Miguel to taste the new releases of our exclusive Owner’s Club wines. This will be brutal.
Howdy Doody. Yes, it’s that time again. Grapes are starting to roll in from the Texas High Plains, and as I mentioned a few weeks ago, 2018 is shaping up to be a banner year. We’ve already received some lovely Viognier and Chenin Blanc, and yesterday, saw the arrival of some great looking Pinot Noir from Lahey Vineyards that is destined for our exciting new Heath Sparkling portfolio. Here’s a pretty cool pic I snapped five years ago looking down into the tank of our 2013 Estate Epiphany while we were doing what’s called “pump over”.
Jeff’s Corner 6-5-18 Greetings Once Again, A few days ago, Chelsea posted some images of our oldest (planted in May ’07) Montepulciano vines just entering veraison. I love this time of year, to me it reinforces the cyclical nature of our lives and how they are in rhythm with the vines. I took this snap shot in our Montepulciano block July 10, 2013.
Jeff’s Corner 5-4-18 Howdy, Howdy! I’ve been trying for days to write about our new 2016 Petite Sirah (which is delish, by the way), but sometimes the sentences just don’t happen. We’ll try again next week, but in the meantime let’s revisit some guidelines I wrote years ago about…
Jeff’s Corner 3-12-18 Well, I have jury duty today (which I love), but just in case I’m sequestered for a few years, I thought I should sneak in a bonus Jeff’s Corner for you to remember me by. The last two weeks we’ve talked about bud-break, but today…
Jeff’s Corner 3-8-18 Hello, Hello, Hello Last week we talked about bud-break, and how our vines were waking up from their long winter nap. Many of you faithful readers expressed interest, so here’s a visual follow-up. I took these three snap-shots March 26, 2015, probably not…
Jeff’s Corner 3-2-18 And away we go… Well, we are all starting to thaw out a bit here at the vineyard, and as always this time of year, lots of things are happening. The new life-cycle of the vines is about to begin, so here’s a short…
Jeff’s Corner 11-2-17 Hello, and a very good day to all of you… To begin, thanks for all the likes and interest in last weeks story about pairing food and wine. Here’s a follow-up with a little bit about what happens when we pair wine with cheese. When we pair…
Jeff’s Corner 10-27-17 Hello, and here we go……. I’ve been getting lots of questions lately about food and wine pairings, so here are some real simple guidelines. Next week, we’ll dig a little deeper into pairing wine with cheese. Hopefully this might come in handy with the holidays around the…