In case you haven't heard, the Murphy Goode Winery is having a contest to select a "wine lifestyle correspondent" for a 6-month gig as their social media maven. I've been making wines at Crushpad for 3 years and head up the Rhone Wrangler group, so hope you'll watch my audition video (listed as Scott from Berkeley, CA) and support a fellow Crushpad winemaker with your vote!
Here are some of my labels collected over the years ....I'll be putting up more shortly.
Anyone from this neck of the woods........yes it's me Seamus, that wine guy from Joe Greensleeves.Has anyone had the chance to taste the Masseto 2001 like myself?
I guess its time to start a blog. Ricca and I have enjoyed the deep, ruby colored nectar of the gods for many years.
What started off as a way to kill some time and have some fun has turned into a business, Hopefully a profitable business but if we break even and can drink some good wine who's complaining.
I'm really excited and looking forward to some great fun and to learning how to make a great wine.
In short, not quite yet. I checked the web-cam at the Ranch
and found a 'blurry lense' and lots of snow on the ground. I have
no idea if Ground Hogs are a controlling factor in the climate
forcasting in Colorado, but I did not find a single 'critter' out of
it's cozy den to check the weather. If ole 'Ponzie Phil'(and his western
cousins)are any measure of things to come, the Colorado Ranch has at least
a few more weeks of Winter. Dang-it, I suppose that means, a few more
cases of our Crushpad's best will not make it to springtime.........
Mark and I shared our bottle that Kian sent to us with a few friends from work last night and it was a big success. Overall we were very pleased with the progress the wine has taken on in the short 5 months since its been in the vessel. Some of the comments we heard were:
-this wine is excellent and I can only imagine it will taste even better with some additional aging
-I notice a hint of vanilla
-great fruit, excellent nose and nice structure
-Thanks for sharing your wine with us yesterday. If it’s this good now, I can only imagine how good it’s going to get.
Hello to all: Family, members and friends:
We have just returned from an extended vacation 'DOWN UNDER'.
Having sampled as many an Aussy wine as a body can take, we
proclaim that, without exception, the California Wine offerings
are far superior to anything that we encountered in Aussyland.
The people of Australia are wonderful and very gracious..........
Granted that we did not indulge in the 'high end' wines, but
rather, the preferred peoples wine, as the common 'yard stick'
of comparison.
We know that you don't need to travel such a long distance to
Getting going a little late with the whole blog thing but let's just say that the mental gymnastics have been heavy since signing my first contract last summer.
What has started out as a "I like wine" day trip is slowly (or is it quickly) turning into an attack on my serial entreupreneurship as i am taking two barrells and adding four more.
I'll probably spend the balance of this year obsessing over the commerce program and trying to develop a brand that sustains my efforts.
Next stop...the economic question:
Mark and I tasted our wine today with Tim, Edwin and my wife Lena. This was the first time to taste our wine since it entered the vessel in early October 2008. Here are some of my notes:
*excellent color (nice purple hue)
*good structure and nice tannins
*wonderful oak notes in the nose
*smooth finish
*soft on the palate
New French Oak (Alain Fouquet) was a great choice! Everything is progressing very nice. Kian mentioned we might want to bottle early (wait and see) and we might want to consider blending with Merlot and Cab Franc.
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