The response to our Spring newsletter was quite heartwarming. Thank you for helping us to continue beating the odds. What a difference that makes to our lives, believe me. Over the years, I have often heard that our wines have made a difference in many people’s lives. They’re part of celebrations, special days, and sometimes make an ordinary day special. I above all, appreciate that very much. With this slower economy, larger companies have dominated the distribution chain to where your direct support of small wineries makes all the difference. For myself, my family, the growers we work with and my colleagues, thank you.
Having grown up in a farming family, it is central to my thought that every year, there will be a new crop of grapes to be made into wine. We don’t get skip a vintage. The grower and winemaker have to do whatever is needed to assure that quality standards of each bottling are upheld, even in more difficult years. Some of the ones I remember, 1989, 1998, parts of 2000 have yielded some wonderful and long lived wines provided the producers responded well to the challenges. What a difference really good viticulture, sound winemaking and strict selection makes. Honestly, there were some localized challenges in 2008, and I am happy with how we have met the few we encountered. While the amounts of wine we ended up with are small, they really are special. The 2008 Dry Rosé was our first opportunity to show these results. Our next opportunity is here with our 2008 Zinfandel futures offering.
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