10. There’s no bet­ter way to start out a great Vint­ners’ Fes­ti­val week­end (than with a trip to the Lom­poc Wine Ghetto!). 9. When else do you get to see men strut­ting their styl­ish pink shoes? 8. You are sure to be wowed by Wine Club mem­ber and Win­ery friend Theresa Anderson’s cup­cake cre­ations (which […]

RECIPE AND WINE PAIRING! Do you have a bot­tle of Hun­ny­suckle hid­ing in your cel­lar that could use a culi­nary com­pan­ion? Try this exquis­ite Baked Onion Soup from the kitchen of Babette Joseph (Kathy’s mom!). This is a per­fect Fall recipe that is sure to be a crowd pleaser!

  My job is crazy…but good crazy!

Fid­dle­head wines have found act­ing fame once again! Get out of the sum­mer heat and treat your­self to the movies — we sug­gest “The Kids Are All Right”. And don’t be late because it doesn’t take long for Fid­dle­head to make its appear­ance! But some­thing is not quite right… Astute wine drinkers take note: somehow […]

Should I drink this wine now or lay it down in my cel­lar? The short answer is: It depends on how thirsty you are! The wrong answer is: It depends on how much the wine costs. The right answer is: What’s for din­ner (i.e. can it hold up to bright acid­ity or will it over­power ele­gance)? And […]

Why Happy Canyon? It’s a place, it’s a wine, and it’s sat­is­fac­tion. Read the wine notes, drink the wine, and take advan­tage of free ship­ping through Feb­ru­ary 15th! While Pinot Noir makes up 80% of our pro­duc­tion these days, Sauvi­gnon Blanc has always been an impor­tant part of my port­fo­lio. In fact, my love for […]

It’s time to get in the hol­i­day spirit (yahoo!), which is always a nice segue from my har­vest high. It’s now time for fam­ily and friends, laugh­ter and good food, music and gai­ety, and…Fiddlehead Pinot Noir and Sauvi­gnon Blanc (yahoo!). It’s a reminder to me of how wine brings peo­ple together, that wine is good […]

Our Sauvi­gnon Blanc is com­ing off the vine, the birds in the vine­yard are swoop­ing with inter­est, fer­ment­ing grape juice (tast­ing more like delec­table grape­fruit juice) is bub­bling away, new toasty bar­rels are arriv­ing and older neu­tral bar­rels are depart­ing. Our crew has had their refresher train­ing on the fork­lift; we are equipped with a […]