Posts for "Cellar Stuff" Category
Mother Nature Once Again
April is always a scary month in the wine business. No, not because of tax season . . .but that certainly is scary in and of itself! It’s a time when the vines have reawakened and start to grow, and bud break is in full swing. Inside each of these tiny buds, which start out Read more…
2010 Harvest – TIME OUT!
So here we sit, more than half way through October, and I truly have no idea how to describe the current harvest other than to say that it is the strangest, wackiest, least predictable, most $$!!@@@!!! harvest on record!!!!
A Drive By Sip and Spit . . .
I read a wonderful article this morning in today’s Santa Barbara News Press entitled Tercero Wines – An Anatomy of a Drive-By Sip and Spit. The article was written by Dennis Schaefer, who has followed Santa Barbara County wines and wineries for quite some time.
A Long Pour visits tercero . . .
I had the pleasure of sitting down with Wayne Kelterer of A Long Pour a few weeks ago to talk about wine, about Parker scores, about the current harvest, and about our shared love of the Santa Barbara County area.
Bottle Variation – What’s the Story?!?!?!
Have you ever opened up a bottle of wine only to have it not live up to the expectations you had about this wine based on previous bottles? This happens far too often as far as I’m concerned, especially when it may – and I stress may – be avoidable.
Rhone Rangers – What Would You Do ??!?!?
I am proud to say that I have recently been asked to sit on the Board of Directors for Rhone Rangers, the preeminent organization for Rhone varieties produced in the US. I am honored and humbled by the invitation, but above all, I am psyched to lend an ‘alternative’ voice to the leadership of this Read more…
Gearing Up For 2007 Red Wine Bottlings!
As I type this, we am getting ready to bottle all eight (!) of our 2007 red releases! It’s quite exciting, as we feel that the 2007 vintage better showcased what tercero wines is all about! Not that we are not happy with our 06 red releases . . . but the 07′s take the Read more…
