JC Cellars Blog

It’s that time again - bottling! One of the most stressful times in a winemaker’s life. Everything is so final. Once in the bottle, that’s it. Just to update you, yesterday we bottled the Stagecoach Marsanne, Ripken Late Harvest Viognier, and Rockpile Rose. Today we begin with a brand new wine we call Smoke and Mirrors (a blend of Syrah Petite Sirah and Zinfandel). At $25 a bottle, it’s a lot of bang for the buck. We are also bottling the long awaited 2007 Impostor! We skipped one year of making this to make sure we were able to lock …

I cannot believe February is almost over. Time flies by so fast when you finally have a few moments to take in everything that have been going on since harvest. You finally get a chance to spend time with your family and realize how much your children have changed. They almost seem to become even more independent when you’re not around as often.

Over the past few weeks Alexandra and the girls went on a trip to Arkansas and left me to fend for myself. I survived and saw three movies during this time. This also reminds one how …