Kickin it with Kick Ranch

Kickin it with Kick Ranch

After drinking a bottle of 2012 Idle Cellars Viognier at lunch last week at The Girl and Fig I decided it was time to stroll the Kick Ranch Vineyard.  We source our Viognier, Grenache and Petite Sirah from Kick Ranch right outside of Santa Rosa.  Owned by Dick Keenan,...
Harvesting the Sangiovese

Harvesting the Sangiovese

2015 was a strange harvest, but in many ways there is no normality when it comes to farming, so I suppose all harvests are a bit strange.  We are very impressed with the quality of fruit this year.  Yields were down about 50% across the board, but the fruit that was...

Idle Takes on Washington DC and Maryland

June was a great month for Idle Cellars. Ari and Ben spent a week on the East Coast spreading the Idle Livin’ mantra and indulging in the culinary mastery of some of the areas finest. The week started off with an underground dinner with Tyes and Rick Cook at Cook’s DC...

Dining for a Cause at the Naked Kitchen

On April 23rd we kicked off the Dining for a Cause series at the Naked Kitchen. The series of dinners will provide charitable contributions and recognition to the featured organization of the night coupled with a wonderful wine-paired meal for the guests. What better...