Wine Dog ...

Our wine dog, Belle.  Belle came to me during harvest 2012 at the playful age of 1 year old.  Now at age 2, she is not only our wine dog, friend, guardian, but a big helper to our older dog, Mocha.  Mocha is a chocolate lab who has a hard time getting around these days.  Belle knows Mocha needs help and is always right there to help her up the stairs.  It is some of the smallest things in life to be thankful for. 
Cheers!

Fall Wine!

Does your palette change with the seasons?  I will go on record as always saying, "I am a couch-potato white wine drinker and a red wine social drinker".  But with these past few chilly days, I may be rethinking that.
Most of the time we change our meals from salads in the summer to stews in the winter which means we will change our wine selection from a white to a red naturally.  But how does a couch-potato wine drinker change??  I believe I will be doing some further studying as the temperatures continue to drop...
Cheers!!

 

Harvest!!

Well....I have completed another harvest here in Virginia!  2013 is no exception to how growing grapes in Virginia can be difficult.  Mother Nature is our true grower and this year, on May 27th, she brought us a late frost.  This was the beginning of our difficult growing year.  Because of this frost, not only did we lose some of our fruit, but the critters also lost there food so it was challenge to say the least!  Corcoran was lucky in that we did get some high quality grapes, just not as many as expected.

Happy Fall!!
Cheers!!