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Making unique wines since 1981. Tuscan & California blends and old school style Paso Robles wines and olive oil. Passionate small family winery
Paso Robles/Tuscany
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Dinner would not be complete without buffalo mozzarella with tomatoes and our home grown basil
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Salad is ready. Waiting for olive oil and balsamic
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Starting with a regular part of summer diet. Basil from our garden—buffalo mozzarella—tomatoes from Alabama—homemade basil oil to kick it up a notch. Wine is 2016 Volpaia Chianti Riserva
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Anniversary lunch today and I brought a special wine
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Favorite lunch and the showcase of my culinary skills. All fresh from the garden and out olive oil and balsamic
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We are in love. A great Italian market by our new house and I mean great. All ingredients put together by
@JojoRussellvine
for a Devine spread. Blood orange marmalade and mortadella great
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Update. Cheers everyone. Evidently spare parts are harder to find for old winemakers. Have to have a second surgery on my hip early tomorrow morning and then home on Monday.
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Cheers to the weekend. Having a glass outside with
@JojoRussellvine
. Walked outside with a cane and starting to make good progress towards my recovery
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The first pouring of the new oil. Bread to follow. Makes a day of filtering and olives seem very satisfying
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The first sunset of the new year. Inspiration for the rest of the year
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Harvest is officially over for me. Now its on to pruning and let the wines rest in barrels. A glorious harvest it was
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Just went out and took a picture of this Mourvedre cluster on the left and Syrah cluster on the right. Incredible color in the grapes this year. Notice the different cluster sizes. Less than 20 days to go for harvest if the hot weather does not mess things up
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Since you can’t come to wine country right now I will try to bring it to you. Early morning after a half inch of rain last night
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Went to the bike shop yesterday to get a few things and a few doors away was a wine tasting bar. Tried a Chardonnay—Cahors—Tempranillo
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After lunch we made it three blocks to an enoteca and some charcuterie and Sancerre
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When you go to the surgeon for the final follow up visit and he says instead of 3 month recovery time mine will be 6-12 months. Only one thing to do for lunch—pasta—French bread and a big and I mean big red wine. Just now waking up from a great nap. Great attitude adjustment
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It’s raining and no lightning. Hope the rainbow is good luck for the fires
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A special wine for a special
@JojoRussellvine
. Happy anniversary at our favorite French restaurant
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Hair cut in the vineyards. It wasn’t Florence but a spectacular day with a spectacular Brunello
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Pulled this wine to see if I want to get more. Great nose and mouth feel. Has gained a lot of richness. Very elegant and complex
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Today marks our first
@Airbnb
guests since February. The outdoor wine sipping areas are ready--the fireplace is stocked with wood and their Chardonnay is cooling. Lets get back to living again
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Happy Easter--Buona Pasqua from our family in Paso Robles to yours.
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Home and drugged. Surgery went well. No right hand so limited in my tweets
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Vine ripe beefsteak tomatoes from the farmers market today
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Went to a wine bar this afternoon. Talking with the owner and he said he has to take this off his tasting list as HUGE price increase coming April 1
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Big event today. First ride 11-13-21 and today. Have lost 50 pounds.
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Wishing you big barrels of good cheer this Holiday season--Joanne and Erich
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Had the finished product tonight. Chili Relleno ala Jo Jo.
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Just returned home and everything is fine. Thanks for all your concern. Ours is now with everyone who was impacted severely. Join us in prayers for them. We drove home to find city trucks already picking up debris and the state trucks clearing the interstate. Just awesome
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Stunning wine with lunch. This is the ultimate expression of Mourvèdre. The new style is different and I prefer old Tempier
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All this French red wine and great food being posted. We opened this—was one of only 2 French reds in the cooler. Also ordered Filet Mignon Beurre Maitre d’Hotel with garlic butter and pommes frites from our local French restaurant
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This was our harvest party dinner in 2012. It was an epic dinner party with wines from the cellar
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Covid hair the start and the end--Jan 2020 in Florence--December 2020 in Paso---May before and after in Paso. I am officially done with Covid hair and holefully Covid
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Crushing Grenache yesterday. First time in 4 years
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Cabernet Franc picking this morning from our oldest vines
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Birthday lunch at Paris Restaurant. Hard to believe there was fish under the pile of vegetables. So good and Sancerre was perfect
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The ham is in the smoker. Collard greens and black eyed peas on the stove. Magnum of Chianti Classico Riserva open
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The power of positive thinking. We went to hospice Sunday to see
@JojoRussellvine
mom. Hospital gave her days. IT'S A MIRACLE. Yesterday the bleeding just stopped and today being moved out of Hospice back to her room at long term care. Thanks to all for your thoughts-so grateful
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The daughters all having a glass of Bacio with MOM on Mother’s Day. Doesn’t get much better than this
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French restaurant today for lunch. Not a bottle of Beaujolais in sight. Delicious 2022 100% Syrah CDR.
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Merry Christmas to all--A couple of years ago pre Covid in Aix en Provence
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Today for the first time in two months I made it up the steps to my bedroom. Having
@campochiarenti
Vernaccia to celebrate
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Happy Birthday to my wonderful wife
@JojoRussellvine
Always having fun and know it will be a fun birthday today
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Bin of just picked Viognier grapes. For all the heat waves the grapes look the best they ever have
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Tired of bad meat. I went to the source and ordered online. It came frozen in dry ice. Joanne did her magic. It is one of the best steaks ever. Demanded big red wine. Did not want to deplete 2015 or 2016 Italian's so I stayed at home and was not disappointed & I have more of this
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You just don’t mess with
@JojoRussellvine
. From now on when she says clean your office I am saying yes my love. Lol.
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French onion soup and Dani for lunch. One hour of bottle age
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Veal chop. Unbelievable. I could only eat 50% of it
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Croque and rose for lunch. A real treat Dick Vitale was in the house for lunch
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Nothing like a counter full of 2016 Brunello to make you smile. All arrived direct from Montalcino--no sitting in distributor hot warehouses--no sitting in hot stores--right from the source--no buy now and get in September
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People have asked about what happens to the wine cellar when we move. I found wine storage before a house. Open 365 days a year kept at 55 degrees with a back up propane generator for power outages. Lots of wine lovers in the area. I have 2 lockers-one holds 77 cases the other 22
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Birthday girl.
@JojoRussellvine
moms 96th birthday surrounded by her daughters. I hope I look half this good at 96
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Dinner in a nice Italian restaurant Il RitornoI brought a great wine and a better date. Another 2015 that’s stellar
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Grapes ripen fast. Here is a Mourvedre cluster June 20th and then again on August 15th
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Fun day today. I just received the news that I can get some 2020 Sangiovese grapes from one of the best Sangiovese vineyards in Calif in Chalk Hill area of Sonoma County. The bud wood came from cuttings given from Pertimali in Montalcino
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The first olives are picked this morning to go to the press at 11
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When it's cold and damp--not really raining--more like Oregon fog--only one thing to do--go to the cellar and get a magnum of Chateauneuf. Don't expect to get much done tomorrow
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Lasagna ala JoJo tonight. Instead of traditional red sauce she did bolognese sauce on top. Yum. Paired with yet another stunning 2015 Brunello
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In my best “Risky Business FIA” moment. After 30 days went outside in the breeze to have a glass of wine with
@JojoRussellvine
. Life is getting closer again
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Found the perfect pizza. The owners brought their pizza oven from Naples—they get the flour from Naples—only use San Marzano tomatoes. Perfect pizza wine also
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Bottling Carignane from one of the oldest vineyards in the state. 120 to 140 year old grapevines
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Two Rhône varieties—Mourvèdre and Grenache. One of the things that make our Grenache special is smaller berries
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Rain. We had our morning coffee on the front deck watching the rain. It never rains this time of the year. It was like the scene in the movie A Good Year. Great morning before the heat
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More heat damage. The vine on the left the leaves totally stressed out and this cluster was partially turned to raisins
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Chilling by the tv for the last night. Right off the bottling line
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First steak in the new digs. Pushed aside clutter and had a fun dinner. Baby steps but getting there
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Opened this Saturday night and it was angry and not stunning. Had a glass and recorked it. Tonight it’s stunning. Let this one age a while
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Old friend tonight. It just keeps getting better. Look at the color on the cork.
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2016 Brunello in the house directly from Montalcino
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Watching Tucci reruns and having Brunello as our afternoon showers begin. Really nice wine. 2015 is rocking it
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Enough is enough. In honor of bottling Bacio tomorrow I just booked Sorrento, Italy for two weeks in May next year. This is the view from the house above the town. Amalfi Coast here we come. Party in Sorrento anyone???????????????????????
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Today from the garden. Hope everyone likes garden and vineyard pictures as Twitter needs good positive vibes and these are happy pictures to me
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Dinner for four. Bone in pork chops requires five bottles of wine
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This one is GOOD. Great nose and body and richness. Under $20 it’s a real bargain. Kudos to
@LouisLatourUSA
@LouisLatour1797
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Finally getting hand surgery tomorrow. Hope it improves my hand writing
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Viognier and Chardonnay are both in the barrels safely fermenting. Using all natural yeast and absolutely zero new oak
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