4/26/21 Title:  Winemaker Roles/Responsibilities:  Execute and oversee all winemaking at our facilities from grape to bottle, optimizing wine quality every step of the way Nature of Employment:  Full Time Position + Bonus Potential and Full Benefits Location:  Napa, California Please submit resumes (brief cover...

I did manage to get my Christmas cards out before the day of, but some years have been so busy a New Year’s card and letter goes out to family, friends and colleagues.  By the end of December the presents are exchanged, the roast beasts consumed and perhaps the relatives are headed home; maybe the New Year’s cards and letters get enjoyed a little more...

Whatever you’re harvesting, paddock boots (pull on, no laces, last forever) make an ideal footwear foundation. Ahhh, Harvest is upon us!  I’ve got a wine-buyer buddy who’s traveling to Bordeaux to “help with harvest, the hard work and all” (as he put it) and I received a letter from a gal who was off to Italy for her first internship.  They both asked...

    What started out as a fun way to get folks together for some wine and friendly competition in the summer of 2017 looks to be turning into a yearly occurrence.  As we prep for the third annual Carneros Cornhole & Wine Tasting on August 10, 2019 at Etude Wines, proceeds of which benefit the Carneros and Schell-Vista Fire Departments, The Carneros...

  “Winemaking Begins With People”….and we’ll see some of our favorite folks this coming week at the 2019 Unified Wine & Grape Symposium Some of you have heard me say before that no, wine doesn’t begin with grapes, it begins with people.  And you can see some of your favorite industry peeps, and meet some new friends and colleagues, at the 2019...

  Velvety-soft Napa Cabernet berries ripening slowly in the mild October sun.                       A year ago today I was frantically driving around Napa’s Rutherford and Oakville back roads, dodging Police barricades and sneaking around road blocks to check on the last of my Napa Cabernet.  95% of my harvest was in the barn but I still...