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Jeff’s Corner 5-10-18 “Good Evening” as Mr. Hitchcock used to say. Today we will talk about the infamous “Son of Syrah”, one of the darkest, scariest, mysterious, and secretive entities ever to stalk the wine bars of Lyon. Known by many alias’ as his legend grew, his most common sobriquet in France is “Durif”, while in the United States he most often goes by “Petite Sirah”.
Jeff’s Corner 4-26-18 Wowser! Last Saturday we released the new 2017 Rosé of Malbec on our tasting bars, and it literally stole the show. Bottles were flying off the shelves, and it was in most everyone’s glass after work except mine, which just about killed me. I always…
Jeff’s Corner 4-12-18 Lately, when I’ve been at the tasting bar and talking about our Cabernet Trois, I’ll mention that it has been sneaking into my glass for two and a half decades, since 1993. Sometimes, when I distract Kathy, it sneaks in there two, maybe three times.
Jeff’s Corner 3-26-18 Hello, Hello, and one more Hello Wowser! All of a sudden, there are lots of exciting new wines being released. This is placing a serious burden on yours truly to write and drink (or is it drink and write) at a furious pace. I’m going…
Jeff’s Corner 3-22-18 Hello to all on what is an extremely perfect first day of spring in the Texas Hill Country. As I write, it is 71*, 18% humidity, and not a cloud in the sky. The bluebonnets and other legions of wildflowers are reaching toward the sun, and…
Jeff’s Corner 2-16-18 Hey Hey Hey, once again it’s Muscat Day! Last Muscat Day I was raving about our sumptuous 2015 Muscat Canelli, and today I’m going to do the same regarding the opulent 2016. But enough with the fancy descriptors, snobbery aside, this stuff is really good!…
Jeff’s Corner 2-7-18 Hello, Hello! With all the activity lately, I’ve gotten a little behind with my reviews of new releases, so how about we catch up this week and next and take a peek at our 2015 Rendezvous and ’16 Muscat Canelli. This will finish our ’15…
Jeff’s Corner 12-14-17 Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Habari Gani, and to cover all the bases, Seasons Greetings! Today we’ll check out the new 2015 Merlot, but first a vintage update on an older GCV wine. Kathy and were celebrating some good news last week and I pulled the cork on…
Jeff’s Corner 11-30-17 Howdy, Hola, and Hello. Today is Riesling day, and I seem to have been on a mission the last few years to turn the world on to what a wonderful grape this is, and what a great wine it produces. Our 2015 won a Gold Medal at…
Jeff’s Corner 9-21-17 Howdy and Hi, Today we’ll take a gander at our stunning new 2015 Cabernet Syrah, but first a word about the…
Jeff’s Corner 9-8-17 Hola, y Bon Jour Today we’re going to check out our brand new 2016 Pinot Grigio, but first an update on last week’s story. As mentioned, Grape Creek set up a page for our staff to donate funds to the Red cross to assist our fellow Texans…
Jeff’s Corner 8-16-17 Hola Last Friday morning I went into the barrel room to set up, and was greeted by the most intriguing wine aroma I have ever smelled. The air was rich with layers of yeast, honey, wildflowers, and vanilla; all from 12 barrels of Viognier undergoing fermentation. What…