Extensive damage to the population of cork trees in Portugal, Spain and in Sardinia due to forest fires in the past few years has led this winemaker to choose synthetic corks over traditional wine corks.
Not only allowing the the forests of cork trees to resume growth, synthetic corking is an advantage that many winemakers now [...]

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The Cabernet Carol was harvested yesterday yielding a sensational harvest.
The oechsle was 97° and the sunny October afternoon was a pleasure to work in, minus 1 bee sting on the neck.

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Last weekend’s local fundraising event, Wine Walk & Shop, proved to be a very enjoyable event for those who participated. Despite the rain, hundreds of people braved the streets of Truckee to sample delicious food and stellar…

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Cabernet Cortis & Cabernet Carol are Exquisite, Complex Hybrid Wines of fine Quality! Cabernet Cortis is a hybrid wine grape from Germany developed in 1982. The red wine sorte (also FR 437-82 r) is a complex new breeding between Cabernet Sauvignon x (Merzling x (Saperavi Severnyi x Muskat Ottonel)). The crossing took place in the [...]

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