Wine Releases

Jeff’s Corner 7-23-21 Bounasera, Well, the new 2019 Bellissimo made a quiet, yet smashing debut on the tasting bars this past weekend. It flawlessly stepped into the footsteps of the 2018, which garnered a Double Gold this year at the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition. It wowed staff and guests…

Jeff’s Corner 7-16-21 Hello, Hello, And here we go with our new 2020 Grand Rouge. One of the longest-tenured Texas wines, it was created by our founder Ned Simes in the mid-1990s. Over time, Grand Rouge has evolved into one of our best-selling wines with a huge, extremely loyal entourage.

Jeff’s Corner 7-2-21 Happy Independence Day, everyone, and especially to you, our dear old Uncle Sam. I didn’t realize your persona is quite as old as it is. Legend tells us you date back to 1813 and that you are modeled after a meat packer in Troy, New York, named…

Jeff’s Corner 6-25-21 Welcome, everyone, “and awaaay we go…” Today we are going to take a fun look at our lovely new 2020 Muscat Canelli, which will be released this weekend at our 290 location (The Mother Ship,) and will be followed close behind on Main Street and in Georgetown.

Bonjour, Hola and Howdy. With many new vintages about to be released, this is always a fun and exciting time for me in Jeff’s Corner. In the upcoming weeks watch for stories on our 2020 Cuvée Blanc (featuring a new varietal for GCV, never before seen in one of our…

Jeff’s Corner 4-16-21 I’m often asked what my favorite GCV wine is, and I must admit I’m a bit fickle from vintage to vintage. (Right now I am really smitten with the new 2019 Rendezvous.) Over the long-haul however, my favorite is, beyond a doubt, Cabernet Trois. I began putting…

Jeff’s Corner 12-18-20Hello, Hello,This is from Jeff’s Corner dated 1-31-20: “It’s difficult for me to remember a Grape Creek wine with a more anticipated release than our 2017 Invention. The staff, and our loyal Wine Club members, were at a fevered pitch between its debut in the Black Label December allocation,…

Jeff’s Corner 12-11-20Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Habari Gani, Happy Holidays and to cover all the bases, Seasons Greetings! I have been writing this sentence for many years in December, and it’s fun every time I do.  To set a timeline, here are some landmark dates for this holiday season. Hanukkah begins today,…

Jeff’s Corner 12-4-20Bon Jour,I am repeatedly amazed at the utter contempt so many red wine drinkers hold for Merlot, looking down their noses at it with a disdain equal to what we might expect for a fizzy Moscato. Château Pétrus from Pomerol in Bordeaux is, after all, 100% Merlot and is…

Owner’s Club Tasting November 2020 Jeff’s Corner 12-3-20 Greetings! Several times in the past I’ve written (most recently in Jeff’s Corner 9-6-19) about our annual group tasting of the new Owners Club wines. The purpose of this event is to generate tasting notes for the new releases of our Estate and…

Jeff’s Corner 12-1-20Howdy, Everyone!There are lots of new releases to check out in the next few weeks, just in time for the holidays.  This Friday we’ll take a look at our new 2018 Merlot, followed by the ’18 Bellissimo and Invention.Today we’ll take a look at the new GCV 2019…

Jeff’s Corner Hey, Hey, Hey! Today. Is. Mosaic Day. One of my very favorite wines to write about (and drink), the outstanding new 2018 Mosaic debuted last week at our 290 location, and is now available on Main Street in Fredericksburg and On the Square in Georgetown. Our first vintage…