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Montinore Estate – About the wines

Dec 13, 2018

Continuing our conversation with Rudy Marchesi at Montinore Estate After looking over the Willamette Valley AVA map and having Rudy give us some background on the soils and the impact of the Missoula floods we sat with him to talk...

Presqu’ile Winery, Key to Wine Country Weekend – Pinot Noir

Sep 12, 2014

We continue with the third segment of the Key to Wine Country event held at Presqu’ile Vineyard in the Santa Maria Valley of Santa Barbara County. Held on the crush pad high atop the Presqu’ile gravity flow winery, we had...

One facet of Paso Robles “Terroir” – lets start with the dirt.

May 10, 2013

There are so many variables in wine and plenty just within the vineyard. A Vineyards “Terroir” or sense of place come from the weather, the location of the vines on slopes for more or less sun, coastal influences, temperature fluxuations,...