Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Happy Birthday John!

Today we have reason to celebrate! Our long time leader and Winemaker John MacCready is blowing out the candles on his birthday ice cream pie! We had a nice little lunch down in the tasting room. Even the kitties were invited! I have to say John seems younger than ever. He seems to have more energy than I do and he is four decades older than I am. How does that happen? What is he eating? Must be the Wine!

Also, Tyler our trusty Wine maker's assistant is blending the 2007 Red Rock Ridged Syrah for the El Dorado Winery Association event "Bring Out The Barrel" this weekend. The Red Rock Ridge syrah is made up of mostly the Estrella Clone that was planted back in 1979. Remember folks we have the oldest Syrah vines of anyone in the Sierra Foothills! The Estrella Syrah has this beautiful oval shape and exudes with luscious juiciness. We also throw in some 174 and 383 clones for color. We are all excited for the turn out of this wine.

The only thing left to say is, stop in to taste it!

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