Whatever you do - DON'T HIT SEND!!!

Although we all hope that when submitting our wines for review, we receive high marks. But the truth is, sometimes we may not place in a competition or earn the ratings that we hoped for. Regardless, we take it with a grain of salt and try, try again. All I have to say about this posting is, anonymous winery - if you can't stand the heat stay out the kitchen! And if you don't like the review, whatever you do DON'T HIT SEND on your angry email!!!

http://www.steveheimoff.com/index.php/2012/01/12/9580/

More projects . . .

It’s been pretty quiet around the winery the past few months, the tasting room is shut down, gift items off the shelves, tanks of wine empty since fermentation ended a month or so ago. It kind of seems like a ghost town around here with the exception of random stray dogs showing up and the sporadic noise of saws and hammers. The dogs aren’t their usual happy selves, I keep telling them spring is just around the corner and the place will be swarming with happy faces and friendly people. In the mean time, we’re keeping ourselves busy with projects around the compound –Matt and Pat are building a storage shed for the tractors and tools and are getting ready to convert some unused space for additional wine making which is pretty exciting. And I’m here in the office working on creating some new signature winery events for this year as well, here’s a sneak peek of just a couple: “Farmer Tan Saturday” a hands-on vineyard/viticulture experience with the brothers, June 23^rd and “Winemaker’s Brunch” with Matt and Pat hosting and chefing it up, looks to be mid June.

Check out the brothers in action (with the help of their friend Loche):

We're back . . . .

For our loyal followers, we are back on blog spot! After a long break due to being super busy at the winery this past year (not a bad thing) we are dedicating ourselves to keeping you all updated on the happenings here at Two Mountain Winery. We’ll be blogging on all things from remodeling projects to wine specials and releases, as well as newly added events for 2012 (more to come on that laterJ!).

One of the first things that you may notice coming into the winery this year will be our new entry gates that were completed in October. Now there is no need to worry that you may drive past the entry. Check out the picture:

The New Door

So we have been a long time since our last post. The wine farm has been really busy. Started pruning three weeks ago, bottled Riesling and Rose', built a new lab for Matt, remodeled a bathroom in the winery, started (would have finished if the sheet-rockers were not so slow) a new office and have been generally running in circles. Loving the early spring weather and eagerly awaiting bud break in vineyard.

These are a few pictures of the new door we installed as well. Our friends built this thing from scratch. I am amazed. What do you think?

Bad Karma but Worth It...

You may have seen this video before as apparently it is famous (so much so Family Guy referenced it I am told). However, it is really funny and slightly wine related. Please note you will lose at least 5 karma points upon you laughing out loud (which will happen for sure) but a good laugh is worth it sometimes.

History Awesomeness

This the best part of American history I have ever heard of. Enjoy! It came from The Jacksonville Wine Guide (I even stole the image they posted) at http://tinyurl.com/yf3reu7 I love this.


Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Wine Fact of the Day - The Wine Brick

During prohibition, a product called the 'Grape Brick' was sold to thousands of wine-starved households across America by wineries looking to recoup their loses. Attached to the 'brick' of dried and pressed winegrape concentrate was a packet of yeast, and the stern warning, "Do not add yeast or fermentation will result."

Here are the instructions:
To make a refreshing grape-juice drink, dissolve the grape brick in a large pitcher of water.
However, on the other side of the package was a warning:
Caution: Never mix contents in two gallons of warm water to which you have added a pinch of yeast, and one pound of sugar. If this mixture is left to stand in a cloth covered container for two weeks, an ALCOHOLIC beverage will result, which is illegal.

Corks, Corks and More Corks...

In the spirit of education and to feed to my dorkiness the following video is on the cork manufacturing process. Amorim (the company shown here) is actually one of our suppliers.