The day to day joys and trials of a small ultra-premium all vinifera vineyard and estate winery in historic Ripley, Ohio. The owners formerly owned Chehalem Valley Vineyards in Yamhill, Oregon.
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We were slammed. Check out tasting notes from two bloggers! Photos coming.
First reviews of 2008 reds
from Dan McGrew,
http://www.dogswine.blogspot.com
"The 2007 wines are big,
full flavored, young and...
We're ready to welcome our guests to the annual barrel tasting, Saturday Nov. 28th. I am somewhat freaked about the quantity of wine that is left to sell. 2007 was hard on both whites and reds; quality of the reds is great, quantity is down. Riesling...
Photo by Judy Carrizalez from the 2009 harvest; I think this photo is amazing!
This picture was taken on the coldest, wettest, harvest day of the year. A day so miserable, I actually had to supply shoes and socks to one of the pickers, whose...
I don't know why I am so driven to glean the vineyard and make vinifera jelly. Shades of Scarlet O'Hara digging up potatoes in Gone with the Wind saying "As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again!"
After three years I finally cracked the code...
This was the brainchild of Andrew Hall (oinosnervosa.com) as an adjunct to the big Ohio/Michigan football rivalry, and to encourage people to buy local rather than support the transportation of Nouveau Beaujolais across the big pond.
Kinkead
Ridge...