In this space I am going to try my best to send out short messages and hear back from you too. I will report on winery activities, some of the journeys we take and every now and then a little commentary will show up. I believe very strongly in producing good wine that can be enjoyed without pretention by everyone. I bought some of my first wine making equipment at a shop in Berkeley called Wine and The People. A very Berkeley name but I think it sums up my idea that wine belongs to all of us. Stay tuned and let me know what you are thinking.
View From the Barrel Rack
Harvest is pretty much behind us and my mind wanders.
I never fail to find an interesting tidbit browsing through Ernie’s wine books and the other day I was in the City doing that. I stumbled across several fables about the origin of wine and one caught my attention. This particular story had it that grapes stored in a jar “spoiled” and the result was labeled as poison. One of the women living in the group (the story said harem) was suffering from what we would now term a migraine and believing that she would only find relief from the migraine by taking her life, consumed the “poison” and promptly passed out. After sometime, she awoke and was surprised to find herself among the living and the migraine cured. Of course the group immediately set out to make more of the miracle product. Bonded winery #1, I am sure.
So there you have it, wine has been helping people feel better since the very beginning. I am doing my best to see that you all feel better!
Oct 18, 2011 at 4:23 PM
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