Time goes by….
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 important time by oneself is and that we need to pamper ourselves. So I treated myself to a massage and opened a couple of really great bottles of wine. Time does slip by, so try and take it all in, but also leave some down time just for you.
The winery is starting to become busy again. Dan and I just finished tasting through all 07’s and 08’s and we are getting prepped to start bottling. The 07’s are rocking great! I think this is the first time I have been this excited to bottle since my first vintage at Rosenblum Cellars.
We have some new wines coming out for 07, such as the Smoke and Mirrors, a amazing Syrah based wine that was aged mainly in a 600 gallon Foudre; So Serine, a small production of Rockpile that we use a special clone of Syrah from the Les Grandes Places Vineyard in Cote Rôtie; and a Grenache, cool climate, from sandy, rocky soils that produces a wine of elegance and intensity. We start to bottle this month and look forward to sharing these wines with you in the near future. In fact, I may have a few under the table at the East Bay Vintners Passport tasting on April 4th at the winery.
Hope to see you there.
All the best,
Jeff
