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I am curious how users would rate their experience with this booking platform? The Anderson Valley winegrowers association is using them to sell our May Pinot Passport tickets and reservation booking platform. They promised a lot and were now 2 weeks behind schedule. Tickets to our event go on sale ...

Was just about to post the same Casey. We just put down our first sulfur spray. Still mowing and getting ready to install a couple of new outdoor pergolas for tasting in. Pinot Passport weekend tickets go on sale Monday. Cellarpass.com is what were using so you can set your itinerary for the 3 days ...

Though this may be of interest to fellow berserkers. Even though I a very biased and bought one myself. For 4 Wednesdays in May there will be a webinar correlating to the wines in the case box. You do not need to buy the wine to participate it will still be educational even if you dont have wine or ...

Cant believe they waited this long to wake up. Still pencil erasers but everyone in Boonville turned fans on last night.

Thanks Casey your right. Forgot about Anderson Valley estate. Quite a diverse portfolio. LMR also has an estate vineyard in Anderson Valley. They also have a tasting room here in AV. its located in the Madrones complex in Philo a couple miles south of their estate formerly know as Corby Ranch.

Storm started late but we did get the inch forecased. Another inch mon/tue, would bring us to 10” for the year, still lowest on record. It will take miracle march to even get to 20”, half our normal. Models say storm door stays open thru 3rd week of month well see. Frost predicted tonight, not enoug...

Adam, Any reason you aren't using DIAMs? Cheers I always though that compound look made it look a bit cheap, so it was just a visual choice. But I'm not dead set against it. OK, so let's talk real numbers. I pay $0.59/cork for the lowest entry Evictus "sniffed" corks from Lafitte. Very ha...

Anderson Valley Pinot just doesn’t quite do it for me most of the time. Sorry to hear that. Have you tried producers that are located here in the AV or just the ones who truck fruit hours to SoNapa to produce them alongside their RRV, SC, Carneros, PN's. Going direct to the winery's that just focus...

Happy with my fleet of Pungos, they have done a few updates to the original ones I have. I like the non proprietary argon cartridges. Have had good results up to a week or 2 but thats in my tasting room. The Pivot might work well for WBTG in restaurants that are slower midweek or tasting rooms were ...

Anderson Valley Pinot just doesn’t quite do it for me most of the time. Sorry to hear that. Have you tried producers that are located here in the AV or just the ones who truck fruit hours to SoNapa to produce them alongside their RRV, SC, Carneros, PN's. Going direct to the winery's that just focus...

Still no bud break, mid 60's and low 30's as we hope were still another week or 2 out.
First pass of mowing around the property done.
Almost all the wines are done with wild malo and will get there first pinch of so2.

Got .36" last night up to 9.6". Maybe 70 on Monday bud break will be soon.

It's particularly bad for the Anderson Valley since the wineries rely on local water, rather than sources fed by snow melt in the Sierras. -Al Our biggest issue in AV is that were the coldest appellation in CA and the only one that has frost every year. Water is preferred for frost protection via o...

Princess and Peasant, RIP West of Temperance, I still buy from them. Good guys, great wines. Dan and Stephani of Princess and Peasant moved from AV to France, BDX specifically. There in the negociant biz now doing loads of private labels like French Blue. I miss them but there doing great, was hopi...

Princess and Peasant, RIP West of Temperance, I still buy from them. Good guys, great wines. Dan and Stephani of Princess and Peasant moved from AV to France, BDX specifically. There in the negociant biz now doing loads of private labels like French Blue. I miss them but there doing great, was hopi...

I remember Joseph Swan participated one year but then had a shipping hiccup with an opinionated customer and said something to the effect of “I think this is a bit too much for a small winery like us.” I was sad to see them go. Jemrose was another good one, but I think the owner moved or retired. O...

My worst fears realized: the 'big one' wasn't big for us. The last little front has less than an inch in store so the 5 day stretch that had 5-6 inches will give us less than 3. It's really starting to feel like two consecutive years in the late 70's when we had two years in the teens (normal in ou...

I get asked this more than I would have ever thought in the tasing room. Some looking for it, some exclusively not wanting it. When I follow up with "Like what brands do you get that from in PN?" The reply often leads to producers are making wines on the riper side, with cold soaks, no who...

Foursight Semillon was outstanding. I haven't had a lot of dry Semillon straight up and this was nice with a bit of age Happy to hear you enjoyed the Semillon. Its a fun wine to make and grow. We do keep some library back to sell verticals from time to time up to 10 years old. Nothing added but a p...

Thanks agin for all the kind words y'all. No need to speculate why I have not participated in a couple years, Ill tell y'all. It took me years to even think about participating as a winery as I spent so much time being a consumer of BD day, I recall one year I missed buying the most bottles by 4 or ...

Foursight Semillon was outstanding. I haven't had a lot of dry Semillon straight up and this was nice with a bit of age Happy to hear you enjoyed the Semillon. Its a fun wine to make and grow. We do keep some library back to sell verticals from time to time up to 10 years old. Nothing added but a p...

Glad you made it by, thanks for sharing your thoughts. I enjoy opening library wines for berserkers new to us to get a better/quicker grasp at what were aiming for with our estate vineyard. The Semillon is a very unique wine that has a equally unique following. The first event I have ever been to wh...

First i have to say nice kit, love the other addins they did. I know you can't offer wine for free, but I thought you could offer shipping for free? Shipping can be “included”, but the backend of the winery books have to show that. It makes $1 or $0.01 is more common easier to account for. We did ti...

I am glad you enjoyed that wine. 2011 was a unique vintage. Large berries and thin skins, wet year with no real summer. As the year progressed it looked to be very late. Over half the fruit in AV was picked after rains. I saw the weather coming earlier than most and set pick dates, for my day job at...

Not fun to deal with at all. Its my biggest concern especially in low rain years like this one.

All the Boonville fans ran last night. Were not "out" yet but better safe than sorry.

I hope Ted is still able to work with this vineyard, but it did sell to KB a couple years back.
Its a must buy for me, love Littori and this vineyard is our view to the east behind the winery.

Enthusiastic +1 on the Raen wines. They’re special. Anderson Valley wines almost always lack the finesse of the best from the true coastal sites in Sonoma, in my opinion. It’s a lot warmer up there, even at elevation. That might not be a bad thing for Julie, but it’s worth noting. Average temperatu...

Joe, I'll be posting some notes from my trip soon. Our visit with you was a highlight and you were such a generous host. It's always special to taste some older vintages, I especially loved the 2009 pinot and my wife has already polished off all of the Sauv Blancs. Anderson Valley is really a treat...

http://www.graperadio.com/archives/2020/02/26/au-revoir/ Get your favorite content downloaded by March 15th when the site comes down. I really have enjoyed the content over the years, sad to see them go but I understand. I feel lucky to have been able to be on an episode, such a great group of guys.

Some examples of what we have done... We visited Jarvis last fall and took a 1992 Jarvis Cabernet Sauvignon and Cab Franc. The wines were from the first year they released wine and the new winemaker and the tasting guide had never experienced them, so it was a fun reason to open those bottles in a ...

The grape market will be a very big story as spring develops. More on that later. There are lots of reports of a California grape glut in the wine press. Grape and wine if Silicon Valley Bank is correct. Were all ready for the vintage, pruned, frost sprinklers and fan tested. We just need more rain...

This AVA sounds VERY appealing to me for a trip! Relaxing country atmosphere, hardly the need to make many appointments and a beautiful coastline? Sign me up! Sounds like Santa Ynez valley, one of my favorite places to visit. I recently realized after opening a 2014 Rhys Anderson and a 2012 WS Morn...

Matt Mauldin wrote: ↑January 5th, 2020, 3:18 pm Wow, one from the vaults. One thing is surely still true.... Joe Webb and Foursight - great wines and hospitality!

Matt thanks for the kind words. Were now the 7th oldest tasting room in AV going into our 11th year of being open. Im still out front pouring most days, less Jan/Sept.

Anton D wrote: ↑January 20th, 2020, 4:10 pm I popped a Foursight Charles Vineyard pinot for my son and niece last night and it sang like crazy!

Delish!

Happy to hear you enjoyed it and shared it.

Great notes and information in this thread.

Mike, thanks for making time to visit AV. I am glad I got to share a couple vintages with you while you were here. Hope to see y'all in February!

Thanks for stopping by Mike, enjoyed the conversation and shared pours.

I liked the flavor of the Wagyu Pave cut but that was more fat than I wanted to eat as a straight-up cut of beef. I ended up slicing it super thin (partially frozen) and using it in Pho. IMG_0761.JPG Just put my slice beef in a bowl with rice noodles and poured the Pho over the beef and noodles. Th...

Thanks for the link, looks good.
I have a few plants in half wine barrels so we do a few Rhubarb recipes a year.

Foursight was our best tasting by far this weekend...The funniest EVER tasting is ALWAYS at Lula...wine is pretty good too.... Arnold thanks for stopping by, and I am glad you enjoyed the new release wines. Tagging this for my own trip in July. Joe---I didn't know you were still keeping Paraboll al...

Its that time of year again, and this year there is lodging on site! For tickets check out the below link. https://www.avwines.com/pinot-noir-festival Link to lodgin at camp Navarro, take a look. https://www.campnavarropresents.com/anderson-valley-pinot-festival#pinot-fest-accommodations Friday ther...

Going to Mendocino soon and wanted to stop at 1-2 wineries along highway 128. Any suggestions? I love the Pinot from this area. TIA If you plan to stop by let me know in advance and Ill make sure to be in the tasting room. I would be happy to barrel taste, take a walk in the vineyard, and/or open u...

In college I bought a nice set of knives and a big wooden cutting board, total game changer. I grew up with webbers, and its part of my last name so family tradition and all, cant even remember my first memory of those. Glad to see them listed so many times here. First nice thing me and the now wife...

I'm backpacking The Lost Coast Trail in Mendocino County in about a month. I've tried a bit of wine from there--and so far I think I like Anthill the most. I tend to go for sous bois and mushrooms in the nose and am proudly part of the afwe, i.e. try to keep it lower than 14% abv. Any other winerie...

If you have exhausted all other reasonable choices then I would do the below. Do you want to eat there? Ring up an equal sized bill and leave your invoice as payment (but still tip your server in cash). Downside, you could get arrested. If your uncomfortable with that then off to small claims you go.

Another couple of inches in the forecast over the next week. Buds still tight on everything. Thinking bud break in the next 10-14 days. Temperatures have been warmer and milder than the last couple weeks, no snow expected in the local mountains from the upcoming storms like the last round. Bees just...

Merrill 2 more waves on the way! 1.5” here so far hopefully well double that by Sunday. Took a quick walk between waves, buds still tight.

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Over half an inch already! Finally a significant storm, with more in the forecast! Well finally get over 20”, 50% of normal. This is the latest we have hit the 20” mark, even during the recent ‘13-15 drought.

Low snow levels to boot, finally getting the base built.

21.1 here last night. Luckily no one is out and even if they were only insurance can protect from temps that low.

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Get too far away from the Left Coast and the majority of people have no idea what tri-tips are. Isn't Try-Tip commonly used in competitive chili cooking? At least that is my memory, when I researched the subject a few years ago (I won 1st and 2nd place for my chili!). I have not heard or tried it b...

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