Wine tasting and small or large plates: Turkey with side dishes including stuffing, scalloped & mashed potatoes, baked pumpkin, roasted vegetables, appetizers & desserts as individual small plates @$5 each or a complete dinner (appetizer, turkey with 3 sides & dessert) @$25 while supplies last. Reservations recommended for turkey ($10 non-refundable reservation fee applied toward […]

Initially I was thinking that this could be a weekend gig & I would eventually find something in high tech, maybe in Sacramento of Folsom or something I could work from home. After working on the vineyard and getting ready to bottle some bulk wine we purchased form a local winery I have decided to […]

After sampling a wide variety of the bulk wine available I found a nice assortment of reds. These include a excellent Zinfandel, Primativo, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot and a Malbec/Petit Verdot blend. I plan on using some of the Zin to blend with the Primativo and bottle some stand alone.

The winery & vineyard came with some wine inventory including an estate Petite Syrah and a Tempanillo/Petite Syrah blend. Most of the local wineries offer a wider variety that includes a number of reds, at least one white and maybe a rose. California has a very active bulk wine market & we should be able […]

After some online research and discussions with other winemakers it looks like wine making and computing have one thing in common: quality out is directly related to quality in. Since the grapes I am starting with input quality depends on front end processing. Some of the winemakers I have talked to rely on the picking […]

Now that we own a winery what do we do next? With the Covid-19 pandemic I don’t plan on opening the tasting room until Josy & I are both vaccinated. In the mean time we need to find some additional wine to bottle and make some equipment purchases.

Well we finally closed on the sale, Everything recorded today, It’s official, Its Ours.

We have a contract to buy the place. What do we have to do next? Transferring Licenses – State License from the ABC as a wine grower We have to get a “sellers permit” first Oh that’s part of the whole sales tax thing as well Federal permits as well? Yes – what used to […]

Out bid on that one – back to the search. Good thing there’s several out there: Smaller but definitely a operational winery – visited the tasting room – wine is good. Ferments in the picking bins? Seems a bit low tech Nice small house, great grapes (tasted the wine at the winery they sell their […]