by Ari Heavner | Aug 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
We love Sangiovese at Idle Cellars. In 2008 we made our first and only vintage of the acidic, fruity easy drinking grape and have this year decided to bring it back. After a few years of searching, we finally found a vineyard we wanted to work with; Speedy Creek...
by Ari Heavner | Aug 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
Every year the owner of Kick Ranch Vineyards Dick Keenan hosts a wine tasting for all the winemakers who make wine from Kick Ranch fruit. It’s an opportunity for everyone to taste each others different blends from grapes grown a few rows away, discuss wine...
by Ari Heavner | Jun 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
We have dinner parties and cook food at least once a week. This week, we had 12 friends over for dinner and wanted to cook food that paired with champagne and our 2011 Grenache. We decided on an asparagus risotto and halibut over a bed of cherry tomatoes and Leeks. ...
by Ari Heavner | May 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
As May is here along with Spring time, warm weather, picnics and barbecues it’s time to release more white wine. The 2010 Chardonnay is a lighter crispier wine than it’s 2009 counterpart from the same vineyard; Catherine Bonneau Vineyard in Carneros. We...
by Ari Heavner | Apr 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
One of the best times in a wines life is the day it gets bottled. It’s the final process in wine making and always a momentous occasion. Last week we bottled 4 new Idle Cellars wines which we’ll be releasing in the next few months. We bottled 2 red...
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