Yesterday we had visitors from Channel 6 and the Idaho Statesman come out. They are partnering up to feature the Snake River Valley wine country May 11-13…stay tuned for more details. Mike did a great job of speaking well and getting wonderful information across, where as I, Miss not-so-much-a-public-speaker, had some leg-shakes, sentences ending with
Mike and I just returned from a small roadtrip up to northern Idaho and Spokane. We made quite a few stops here and there, one of them including Basalt Cellars in Clarkston. We tasted around 8 wines ranging from a rose, semillon, syrah, merlot and their staple blends Rim Rock Red and Perimeter Red. These
Here are a few photos of the winery grounds. It seems spring has officially sprung out here at the winery and the flowers are starting to bloom. Next it will be the grapes and the vineyard will become a sea of beautiful green, instead of not-to-inspiring brown. We have not had bud-break yet and the
Scrambeld eggs and Riesling are great together as well as Chardonnay and popcorn.
our wonderful friends kristin and ryan hosted a pizza and wine pairing party and I’ll admit that usually I drink beer with pizza BUT wow, these wines were great with the pizzas! Our first pizza was “pizza margherita” – a classic with tomato sauce, fresh mozzerella and basil that went wonderfully with a Merlot from
From the marketing side………….our Ruby Dahlia dessert wine has made the big time. You can purchase the wine in the state State liquor stores throughout treasure valley. This is the only place, other than the winery, you can purchase it. $19.95. Great deal! Good luck to Mike and Tammy. Pretty soon there will be little
That’s right folks, Mike did the deed and popped the question! We’re getting married!Most people reply with “finally!” Haha. Wow, and to think of the planning that lies ahead. We’ve decided to have the wedding in September, right before harvest time.
That’s right, we had snow this morning. This crazy spring weather is making us very nervous as the vines are about to come to life. Most of California has already experienced bud-break and it sounds like Washington is on the verge. We are not far behind and below freezing temps after bud-break could be disastrous.
We’ve been keeping track of weekly lows and jeepers, this spring is making us and the vineyard nervous! Cross your fingers that the temps keep going up! We’re almost finished with the pruning…typically we prune later than most to delay budbreak.
We’ve gotten word that Eric McLaughlin from the 8th Street Wine Co. hosted a Snake River Valley and made by Idaho wineries wine tasting yesterday afternoon. According to Ted Judd of Vin du Bois, “Erik did a great job of presenting the AVA, a history of our regional wineries, and the varietals served. He had
Hopefully, everyone realized that our last post was an April Fool’s joke…Mike’s idea. I actually mixed the days up and thought April 1st was Monday (March 31)and told my dad, Bill, that I accidently broke a head light on his beautiful truck while UPSing some wine…ya know, took a corner too sharp and hit a
Last night an unfortunate event happened at the Stowe Vineyard. For the second year in a row we have suffered vine loss. Last year there was a cold snap at the end of October and beginning of November. Although it was not severely cold in those two months, the vines had just lost their leaves