by rosswise | Oct 12, 2009 | Good Wine
Here’s tonight’s top 10 list ladies and gentlemen – Top 10 reasons Ross loves harvest: 10. I get to spend three weeks smashing grapes – the same grapes that the Vineyard Manager has spent six months working feverishly hard to keep intact and healthy. 9. It is...
by rosswise | Sep 12, 2009 | Good Wine
I have had a lot of people asking me recently if this year is going to be a good one for grapes. The general consensus from people asking the question is that summer has been terrible, and therefore, so will be the wine. As a winemaker I have never experienced...
by rosswise | Aug 27, 2009 | Good Wine
Four large, masculine, and somewhat hairy men were gathered around after a fifteen hour day of preparing wine to be bottled. It was decided that we should taste this Good Earth Chardonnay on the eve of its bottling date. After much glass swirling, long blank stares...
by rosswise | Aug 18, 2009 | Good Wine
What comes first – the winery or the wine? It is going to be a close call I’d say, as in a little over a week, the 2008 Good Earth Chardonnay will be flowing into bottles. Nicolette has spoken very highly of her builder, but even he may struggle to beat...
