How early is too early?

With the holidays fast approaching, I thought it would be an appropriate time to ask the question:
How early is too early to start drinking for the holidays?
I posed this question to the experts, my coworkers at Windsor Vineyards. After all, a whole group of people working in the wine industry and surrounded daily with great [...]

They’re here. New Holiday Wine Labels!

What’s all the excitement about? Our new holiday labels feature an edge-to-edge “full bleed” color. Don’t worry, this isn’t some outdated medical practice. Full bleed labels simply mean that colors and graphics are printed right up to the edge of the label, sort of like getting borderless prints from the photo-finisher.
You can select & personalize [...]

Thanksgiving Cheat Sheet: Bring on the Pinot!

As I promised in the previous post, I’m offering some suggestions for Thanksgiving wine and a great recipe, with a secret ingredient, to pair with our new 2008 Windsor Vineyards Late Harvest Riesling. If you didn’t figure it out from the title of this blog, I’m a big fan of Pinot for the Thanksgiving meal. [...]

It’s called RESEARCH

My boss, Ray, my coworker, Katie, and I were sitting around tossing about ideas for our upcoming Thanksgiving post and of course the conversation turned to food and wine pairings. This holiday seems to create anxiety for many people who have a tough time trying to pair wines with all the variety of foods served [...]

In the vineyard with Anthony Austin

Part 3 of a series
Just days before harvest, I visited one of our Extreme Sonoma Coast vineyards with Sonoma Coast Vineyards’ winemaker, Anthony Austin, to walk with him as he showed us what he looks for in the fruit. In this first of several videos in the vineyard, Anthony talks about the color of the [...]