As our group moves north from Lisbon and Sintra toward Porto, Portugal we have a stop at another breath taking winery… this one VERY modern in its approach…. Quita do Encontro….. our host was so happy when we surprised her with her own bottle of Tara Bella ’09 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon.
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Our group arrives in Lisbon then off to Sintra, Portugal to visit the Collares da Viuva Gomes Winery started in 1837
Wine Club Meeting… HERE… in one week !!!! Can’t wait!!!
Just love May in Sonoma County and the Russian River Valley…. All of the flowers are in bloom and the weather is in the mid 80s…. just PERFECT….. Come for a visit and taste some Cabernet Sauvignon… won’t you?
Walking the vineyard often and talking to our beautiful grapes in the Russian River Valley. We like to tell them how beautiful they are and how grateful we are in advance for their bountiful harvest…..
Here is a toast to our grapes!!!
These are unopened Cabernet Sauvignon flowers from our “Reserve” vineyard in the Russian River Valley. In about 2 weeks these will open and “BLOOM”. Grapes self-pollinate. Then the will “SET” into grapes…… We were fortunate to get about 16″ of rain in March so our wells are not bone dry. Still having to conserve water this year, but the 2014 harvest is off to a beautiful start.
We were excited to travel up to Seattle last week and take part in the Wine Road’s ‘Taste of Sonoma’ event to benefit the Northwest Harvest Food Bank. We represented the Russian River Valley with our fellow winemakers and had a fantastic time. We also helped raise $12,000 for the food bank.
Seattle is a very wine savvy city and we met a lot of great people excited to have a taste of Sonoma in downtown Seattle. They have a lot of great wineries in Washington as well. We were proud to pour our Cabernet Sauvignon and represent our beautiful wine country.
A few photos from the event.
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Have been working on this trip for over a year now.
Getting wine to the International Shipper today to be waiting in Portugal when our Wine Club Adventure meets there in a few weeks…..
Don’t you wish you were going with us???? Next one is in 2016…. put it on your calendar!
Come join us for our 4th “A Taste Of Olivet – Follow the Olivet Road” event…..
9 local wineries…. Food Music and of course wine!!!
Saturday, April 12th from 11AM to 4PM…. BUY TICKETS HERE
Tara Bella we will be serving tasty treats to pair with our beautiful 2009 Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignons
and doing barrel tasting of our 2012s.
Our fabulous Tara Bella House Band, “Dougie Mac” will be rockin’ it up all day… come have some fun with us….
See you then….
Gazing out the window this morning…. there is ART EVERYWHERE
