Anyone who has ever called or emailed us has interacted with Owen at some point or another over the last decade. What some of you may not know is that he now lives on a remote mountainside overlooking a bay in Alaska. Completely off the grid. Once a…
Our next customer submission comes from the ever cheerful and fun-to-chat-with customer Glenn Fund. There are a number of guests we love, a smaller number we geek-out with about wine casually on the phones/email, and then there is the upper tier of genuinely awesome folks, like Glenn, who…
One of the greatest perks of being in this industry is making pieces of history. For every bottle you produce, you have no idea what will happen to it, how long it’ll live, by where it will travel, to where it meets its ultimate end. And what of…
No two ways about it, summer is in full swing. No one wants to just sit inside (unless it is to cool off by the AC), and the outdoors are calling… Well, we’re here to help with some fun activities in wine country this month that’ll get you…
Planning on spending your holidays in the vineyards? Us too! Here are our top 3 choices in the Sonoma County: 1. Korbel Champagne Cellars – rich with local history, beautifully decorated every holiday season, a wide array of wines only available at the winery, a choose-your-own-adventure-style tasting format,…
As we move into the darker, colder days of fall, the leaves start falling from the trees, and the last of the grapes have long been harvested. We begin to think about Halloween, and what better way to get into the spirit of the season than to pour…
A perfect recipe for the fall.
Owen says it best: “Making carnitas is one of my favorite things to do, but I hadn’t cooked any since going off the grid and moving to a wood-burning cook stove. It worked perfectly, and heated the house too! Or maybe that was just the tequila, not exactly sure.”
For Texas Wine Month, we’d like to share some information on the Lone Star state’s wine industry. Hopefully it will inspire you to check out some wineries on your next trip to the SXSW festival or whatever brings you to the great state of Texas! Texas has 7…
It is Pennsylvania Wine Month, a state where no matter your location, you are within a 1 hour drive of a winery. The state boasts over 200 wineries and an annual production of 1 million+ gallons of wine. Recently wines from the state have seen international recognition by winning…
So while most of us wake up at a decent hour to get our early morning gym trip, neighborhood jog/run, breakfast, shower, get the kids read for school, etc., Owen gets up at 3 am, catches a boat down the Kachemak Bay to China Poot Creek to dipnet for Reds on their run, then trek back and do the aforementioned ‘get ready for the day’ stuff we all do before work. Makes morning traffic look like a piece of cake in comparison.
More wild adventures from our Customer Service Manager in (or around) Homer, AK, the middle of nowhere.