Jeff’s Corner 2-3-23 Greetings from the frozen (but beginning to thaw) Texas Hill Country. As I write this, I can hear large clumps of ice landing on our roof!Last week, I wrote about the continued success of our Heath Family Brands wine at the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, so…
Jeff’s Corner 1-27-23 Howdy, and Hello everyone! Kathy and I just got back home from a fabulous week in Sonoma County, and we arrived just after the torrential rain and flooding in northern California. The weather was perfect, but many of the vineyards had lots of standing water in them…
Jeff’s Corner 1-13 -23First, and most important, I want to wish Kathy, my one and only sweet patootie, Happy Birthday!!! Tomorrow she’ll be a few years older than I am, but somehow looks twenty years younger. It must be the portrait in the attic.We’re going to be pretty laid back…
Jeff’s Corner 12-9-22Howdy, and Ho, Ho, Ho to all!Well, if you are at all like me, you are still scrambling for a few last minute gifts. If you’re shopping for someone that has a passion for wine and loves books, I suggest a book about wine. Over the years I’ve amassed quite…
Jeff’s Corner 12-2-22 Happy holiday madness, everyone! Even though the frenzy is about to really ramp up, we’re going to step back and take a peek at the last wine we have to review this year, the 2020 Invention. Every once in a while the stars align perfectly and I…
Hey, Hey, Hey,It’s time to say, “Run for your lives, turkeys, only one of you will be pardoned!” Here’s wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving, full of lots of love, laughter, food, family, and plenty of Heath Family Brands wine. Today’s post should be fun! For the first time ever, our…
Jeff’s Corner 10-21-22 Hello, Hello, Today’s story is all about ME. That’s right, ME, ME, ME! Plus, a little wine thrown in for good taste. Last week, Kath and I were on vacay in Eureka Springs way up in northwest Arkansas. Like most of Arkansas, the countryside (and the town)…
Grape Creek Vineyards, Texas Hill Country AVA Drought, heat, and high winds will mark the 2022 Texas Hill Country vintage. We started budbreak in late March with a “generous” two-tenths of an inch of rain for the year, then we got a sip here and there after…
Napa Valley AVA The harvest year 2022 in Napa Valley will be remembered for several reasons, most notably the very hot streak of six days in a row with triple digit temperatures in mid-September. Although the valley always sees hot periods during the ripening period of June…
Jeff’s Corner 9-23-22 We meet again, everyone… Wow, it’s hard to believe we only have two more wines from the current vintages to check out. I’m afraid I’ll blink a few times and I’ll be writing about the 2030 Bellissimo and not the 2020 Texas Bellissimo, which we’ll be checking…
Hey, Hey, Hey,It’s Right Bank Day, What? Right Bank? Just like in 2015 when our long-tenured Cab/Syrah crawled into a chrysalis and emerged as Prosperity, our 2019 Merlot has done the same, coming out of its cocoon as our super new “Right Bank.” Why the name change? A few reasons.
Jeff’s Corner 9-9-22Hola, and Hello,Today, we are going to take a peek at our new 2020 Rendezvous, which has just been (or is about to be) released in our tasting rooms. Some of you in our Wine Club, however, got a sneak preview in your April allocation. Being the first to receive…