Can I hear a HELL YEAH please?! I opened my email this morning and saw something that made me very happy! An email from our compliance consultant. After five months our basic permit from the TTB has been accepted. There are many hoops that you need to go through in order to be in the…
The big day has arrived. Harvest 2014 is now upon us. It is hard to believe that our second vintage is already here. Additionally, we are excited with how our 2013 is coming along in barrel. We enjoyed a barrel sample the other night. The color has depened and the flavors and aromas of dark…
Well, our trip is coming to an end. This is our last day on the “Right Coast”. We will be heading back to the “Wrong Coast” tomorrow. Today was all about pleasure. We are just going out and tasting some wine. Of course, we are always looking for some Cab Franc! Rancho Sisquoc Tasting…
Today was a completely different type of day for us here on the Central Coast. We spent the early morning discussing our O2 license and distribtion. I can’t even describe how the laws vary from state to state. We found out today that in order to ship to our homestate of NJ the compliance law…
There it is ladies and gents. The first vintage of Dracaena Wines. 2013 Cabernet Franc. As you can see, we did some barrel sampling. It is amazing how there can be subtle differences between individual barrels. We have decided to rack on Sunday. This will get the wine off lees, aerate the wine, and we…
We have been enjoying our trip so far. However, we really haven’t purchased that much wine. We brought out 4 empty shippers plus we purchased a new product to ship another case home ( more on that in a later blog post) and most of that is sadly empty at the moment. The Santa Barbara…
