What Photoshop can do for your winery, what a winery can do for your wedding, and more
Wino-Fred at Ontario, Canada, based Fred’s Photo Blog shows what Calamus Winery looks like, before and after applying a little Photoshop magic.
Rougeyar Laali is getting married in Casa Real at Ruby Hill Winery in Livermore Valley. My colleague Kim wrote about the valley’s resurgence and the restoration of the Hill winery in a post last week.
Matt Glaeser writes about his uncle’s winery, Putah Creek Winery:
So my uncle and aunt decided rather than letting other control their fortunes they would try to produce their own wine and realize the benefits of all of their labor. And they have met with success, they are currently working on new blends of wine, have again expanded their winery and are no longer in the rice, soy, or straw business. So it was with some amazement that I toured the winery, not a mile from there house, and feet from part of their vineyard.
And, no, the word putah has nothing to do with a similar sounding Spanish word.
Three Tree Journal posts several pictures from the first ever bottling at Westport Winery in Washington. After a lot of hard work the crew got its just rewards:
After a day on our feet and 700 cases bottled, the Roberts shut down the line, sought out a few bottles burdened by, um, “glass flaws,” and promptly uncorked for a crew tasting. I typically prefer red, and am still working my way through the varietals on the way to developing a palate. In fact, I have heard that ones should taste 10000 wines before citing their own experinece in taste. But I can state that despite my “inexperience,” I know what I like and I loved the Syrah. It was relaxed and uncomplicated, as though it would not need much time in the bottle to come together and would drink well young.